Fees

Personal injury firms are “courting disaster” by routinely inflating success fees, a leading PI author has warned.

Peter Thompson QC assesses the impact of Jackson on the reasonable person

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David Greene ponders what is ahead for the personal injury claims industry following the referral fee ban

Dominic Regan welcomes the government’s u-turn on referral fees

The advent of ABSs has knocked the referral fee debate off the front page, says David Greene

What next for referral fees, asks Patrick Allen

Since the publication of the Legal Services Board (LSB) report on referral fees there has been much debate on their role in the legal profession with a particular onus on their impact in personal injury claims

Justice Secretary Jack Straw has proposed a dramatic cut to the success fees lawyers can charge for winning defamation cases, days after the publication of Jackson LJ’s final report.

Plans to introduce a tough stance on "no win no fee"likely to spark opposition.