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NLJ this week: Guideline hourly rates revisited

26 February 2021
Issue: 7922 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Legal services
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Following the first change to the guideline hourly rates in ten years, Julian Chamberlayne, chair of the Forum of Complex Injury Solicitors, considers the recommendations for London, the national bandings and the enhancement factors. 

In the second of a three-part series for NLJ, Chamberlayne casts a critical eye on the methodology and data behind the recommendations and asks whether the Civil Justice Council may be willing to consider more recent data at this late stage in the consultation. He questions whether the proposed rates offer a large enough increase.

Read Part 1 and Part 2 here.

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Freeths—Ruth Clare

Freeths—Ruth Clare

National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester

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Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Partner appointed head of family team

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return

NEWS
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness
A Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruling has reopened debate on the availability of ‘user damages’ in competition claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Edward Nyman of Hausfeld explains how the CAT allowed Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen’s alternative damages case against Meta to proceed, rejecting arguments that such damages are barred in competition law
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