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09 April 2009
Issue: 7364 / Categories: In-House , Legal News , Public
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News in brief

A “tolerance” fee for personal injury work, and a separate preparation fee for in-house advocates working on family public law care and supervision cases would be introduced under plans to amend the civil fee schemes. The Legal Services Commission set out the new fee scheme in its consultation paper, Phase 1 Civil Fee Schemes Review last week.

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