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A court refused to let the winner recover costs because of its solicitor’s late documents

Too late

You can win your case and still lose your costs. A High Court judge has just shown how. In a judicial review brought on behalf of a disabled child, Mr...

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Complaints to the Legal Ombudsman are rising faster than it can handle them

The Legal Ombudsman received more than 8,700 complaints in the first half of 2026/27, up 31% and then 43% on the same quarters last year. It expects d...

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"Excellent Counsel" doesn't make a fee reasonable

The Court of Appeal has twice in one week cut multi-million-pound costs claims down to size Even in the biggest cases, the courts expect costs to be r...

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The SRA is checking whether firms publish their prices

Price Transparency

In its latest annual report, the SRA says it reviewed more than 2,000 firms under its price transparency rules, issuing 838 warnings and 55 fixed pena...

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Checking Your "No Win, No Fee" Arrangement

Exceptionally clear and illuminating analysis

It's not only after things have gone wrong with your legal fees that we can get involved. This client had just been offered a Conditional Fee Agreemen...

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