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17 January 2013
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Referral fees ban

LASPO "difficult to interpret"

The ban on referral fees for personal injury work, as drafted in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, is “ambiguous and difficult to interpret”, the Law Society has warned. It says that, while it supports the ban in principle, the way it is drafted in the Act means perfectly legitimate advertising could be caught. It calls on the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to provide more detail.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Weightmans—Jason Slatcher

Weightmans—Jason Slatcher

Weightmans appoint new Chief Technology Officer

Mishcon de Reya—trainees

Mishcon de Reya—trainees

Mishcon de Reya announces trainee retention rate of 86%

Sackers—Charlotte Adams & Fraser Sutton

Sackers—Charlotte Adams & Fraser Sutton

Sackers welcomes two new Graduate Solicitor Apprentices

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