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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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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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Firm had no right to charge £53,000 from client estate, judge rules

Today's Law Society Gazette reports here on the case of Royal Holloway and Bedford New College v QLaw Legal Services Limited, in which the&n...

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CMLF founder Mark Carlisle discusses legal fees from the point of view of consumers with the Legal Ombudsman and The Legal Lexi

Mark was delighted to be invited by Victoria Morrison Hughes, founder of "the Legal Lexi", to discuss matters relating to legal fees in a panel discus...

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