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Bar Council takes advice on whether referral fees fall foul of Bribery Act
Thursday, 28 July 2011The Bar Council is taking leading counsel’s advice on whether referral fees amount to bribes under the Bribery Act 2010 ahead of possibly promoting an amendment to the legal aid bill to ban them, chairman Peter Lodder QC has revealed.
Tags: Bar Coun, ProcureCo, referral fees
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Blog
11 August 2022
Economic turbulence and the impact on law firm risk and protection
What does a slowing economy mean for various practice areas – from conveyancing and immigration to crime and family – and firms’ professional indemnity insurance prospects?
9 August 2022
Time in context – understanding the time you have and how to accept it
For those who haven’t yet read Oliver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks, you need to know this: it’s a time-management book like no other, already a classic.
5 August 2022
Client money theft – how bad is the problem?
PII brokers’ raison d’être is to deal with complex and life-changing matters which threaten the existence of a law firm or its members’ future standard of living.
Reports
When talking about legal aid and access to justice, it is hard to look beyond funding. Even the Ministry of Justice has acknowledged the problem, to judge by its agreement to pump an extra £135m into the criminal legal aid… Read More
