Industry news from the CSC

Legal Futures

RJW deal shows firms have a realisable value – and are getting "real" about business, say experts

03/02/2012

Leading consultants describe the deal as "a positive and exciting development for the legal profession"

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Jackson delay must not allow dilution

03/02/2012

Kennedy's says the delay should be seen as an opportunity to ensure that the implementation of the reform proposals is correct

McNally unmoved as he rejects third-party capture ban

03/02/2012

There is "no proof that accident victims are harmed" by a direct approach from insurance companies

Legal Futures

Government to consider tightening up referral fee ban and regulating third-party funding

02/02/2012

...after Lord Hunt of Wirral said "there is quite an industry out there now, which will be thinking of innovative ways of defeating the intention of both the government and Lord Justice Jackson"

Insurance Age

Seven face jail in alleged credit hire scandal

02/02/2012

30,000 crash compensation cases have been "infected by industrial-scale perjury"

Lancashire doctor hits back over false whiplash claims

01/02/2012

A Lancashire doctor has hit back at suggestions medical professionals could do more to detect false whiplash claims

Clarity needed before referral fees ban implemented, says SRA

01/02/2012

Regulators and other interested parties "must work together to ensure the proposed ban on referral fees will operate consistently and effectively"

Legal Futures

SRA calls on government to provide more clarity on referral fee ban

01/02/2012

The government "needs to provide further clarity and guidance"

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First Assist "regrets" lack of clarity on Laspo bill

01/02/2012

The legal expenses provider has welcomed the delay

Insurance market will 'respond positively' to Jackson reforms, Lord Wallace says

01/02/2012

Lord Wallace has announced that implementation of reforms will be postponed until April 2013, to coincide with the legal aid cuts