Mazur – your questions answered

The Mazur ruling has sent an earthquake through law firms across the land, such that even the government is monitoring the fall-out. Practitioners have a lot of questions and in this webinar we brought together three experts – the lawyer who argued the case for the law firm in Mazur, the general editor of Cordery on Legal Services, and a top costs lawyer – to address the many issues raised.

Among the questions answered are:

• What steps should firms be taking to ensure they are compliant?
• How best to deal with queries from opposing solicitors about the status of the people they are dealing with?
• Why are the courts querying the status of people appearing before them or in support?
• What should I do if I suspect a non-authorised person is conducting litigation on the other side of a case?
• What is the impact on costs litigation and bills?
• Can challenges to past bills be made on the basis of a lack of supervision?
• What is the position with undefended work, such as lodging consent orders?
• Does Mazur affect the other reserved activities at all?
• Do law centres and other not-for-profit bodies need to be worried?
• Can in-house lawyers conduct litigation for their companies?
• Can paralegals lodge documents on electronic portals?
• Should we report ourselves to the SRA?
• What impact does the case have on criminal and tribunal work? How about disciplinary panels?
• What are the employment law implications for those affected by Mazur?
• What is happening with CILEX’s appeal?
• Does Mazur cover post-judgment actions such as enforcement?