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Three-quarters of people have received CMC ‘pest texts’, says research
Wednesday, 20 June 2012Three in four people have received an unsolicited text or phone call from a claims management company offering them the chance to claim compensation, even though almost all had no grounds to bring a claim, according to research.
Tags: claims management companies, CMCs, Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, personal injury
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That’s it: LASPO Bill clears its final hurdles
Thursday, 26 April 2012The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill (LASPO) effectively ended its parliamentary passage yesterday after one final effort by the House of Lords to force a government rethink over domestic violence failed by the narrowest of margins.
Tags: Jackson report, legal aid, Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill
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Government gives way over impact of Jackson reforms on mesothelioma victims
Wednesday, 25 April 2012Mesothelioma claims are to remain outside of the Jackson reforms once they are implemented next April, pending a review of their impact on sufferers, the government announced yesterday in a surprise concession.
Tags: Jackson report, legal aid, Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill
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Peers reinstate three amendments as clock begins to tick on LASPO
Tuesday, 24 April 2012The House of Lords yesterday reinstated three of its amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Bill to intensify the battle of wills with the Commons. The bill needs to be finalised by next Monday.
Tags: Jackson report, legal aid, Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill
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Government overturns LASPO changes as Djanogly hits out at “inflated” law firm profits
Wednesday, 18 April 2012The government as expected overturned all of the House of Lords amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill last night, with justice minister Jonathan Djanogly saying the Jackson reforms would put an end to the “racket” that has allowed “inflated profits” for law firms.
Tags: CFAs, conditional fee agreements, Jackson report, legal aid, Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill
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Government to invoke controversial rule in bid to squash LASPO changes
Tuesday, 17 April 2012The government will today try and invoke a controversial parliamentary rule that will bypass efforts by peers to hold on to their amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, Legal Futures can confirm.
Tags: Jackson report, legal aid, Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill
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LASPO: government suffers two defeats over legal aid for children, tightens referral fee ban
Wednesday, 28 March 2012The government suffered two more defeats during yesterday’s final House of Lords stage of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, and also tightened up the ban on referral fees.
Tags: clinical negligence, conditional fee agreements, Jackson report, legal aid, Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, personal injury, referral fees
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Bid to make referral fees a crime fizzles out
Wednesday, 21 March 2012The prospect of paying referral fees in personal injury becoming a criminal offence seemingly disappeared last night, while the government defeated a bid to exempt not-for-profits from the ban and outlined its plans to crack down on unsolicited PI marketing.
Tags: claims management companies, Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, marketing, referral fees
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Djanogly: ABSs helping to create conditions for legal aid firms “to flourish”
Monday, 19 March 2012The legal aid reforms will open up opportunities for law firms, with alternative business structures (ABSs) offering one way to exploit them, justice minister Jonathan Djanogly claimed last week. The significance of ABSs “cannot be overstated”, he said.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, legal aid, Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, not-for-profit
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Lords votes on Jackson reforms leave claimant groups frustrated
Friday, 16 March 2012Claimant groups have welcomed the House of Lords votes to exclude industrial disease cases from the end of recoverability, but questioned why there is a different rule for other injured people. Also, refusing to put the 10% increase in damages on the face of the bill could cause problems, they warned.
Tags: Jackson report, Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill
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