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SOLICITORS RUN WILD

13 December 2007
Issue: 7301 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Profession
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In brief

Consumers think solicitors are under-regulated and they do not know where to turn when things go wrong, according to new research. The study on consumer attitudes by the Solicitors Regulation Authority found the main sources of complaints from consumers involved communication, cost and delays. Consumers feel alienated by the use of jargon, are confused by the volume of paper thrown at them by solicitors, and hate not being kept up-to-date on progress. Fee levels are too high, they believe, and there is a feeling that solicitors had incentives to delay cases unnecessarily.

Issue: 7301 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

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Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
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