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SYSTEM FAILURE

29 November 2007
Issue: 7299 / Categories: Legal News , Technology
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In brief

The Legal Services Commission (LSC) bagged a technology award at the Civil Service Awards 2007 for its online system in the same week as the system collapsed, causing chaos in solicitors’ firms, the Criminal Law Solicitors’ Association (CLSA) claims. The CLSA says solicitors were forced to submit their online payment claims after 7pm because the system could not cope, until it was suspended indefinitely on 19 November, causing wasted man hours and stress to firms countrywide. The CLSA has written to the LSC requesting a full explanation and seeking compensation for its members. CLSA chairman Joy Merriam says: “Perhaps IT projects should be given awards after they have been proven to work in future.”

Issue: 7299 / Categories: Legal News , Technology
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The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) must overhaul its complaints and risk assessment processes to fix ‘systemic shortcomings’, the Legal Services Consumer Panel has said
The opt-out collective actions regime is facing ‘significant challenges’ but could benefit the UK by £24bn a year if enhanced and expanded, a report by Stephenson Harwood has found
Ministers have rejected the Justice Committee review’s key recommendation for the ailing county court system—an ‘urgent and comprehensive’ review by spring at the latest
Firms preparing to mount Mazur applications alleging the other side has acted in breach of the Legal Services Act 2007 may be left disappointed, the Law Society has said
The first Post Office Capture conviction—the accounting software used before the faulty Horizon system—has been referred for appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC)
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