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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.

Sean Brannigan QC & Elspeth Owens look closely at who pays fees & costs in adjudications

Paul Ashurst plunges into the murky waters of contingency fees

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys senior leadership appointments

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths strengthens London Construction and Engineering practice with two strategic senior hires

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins announces strategic hire to deepen skills base in the social business sector

NEWS
More than 100 teams from the legal and financial services sectors competed in five sports at the 51st Law Society RFC Festival of Sport earlier this month
Part-time status need only be an effective cause of less favourable treatment, rather than the sole cause, the Supreme Court has held in Augustine v Data Cars
Britain’s new acknowledgement that Israel’s occupation is unlawful, and accompanying settlement-goods ban and sanctions, is significant but overdue, argue Danny Friedman KC and Victor Kattan in NLJ this week
New planning fee rises, wider trade union access rights and a service-by-email trap feature in Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way
Existing defamation law can respond to AI ‘hallucinations’, but allocating responsibility will prove harder where outputs reach users without human intervention
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