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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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Probate solicitors lack supervision and relevant training, finds SRA

Probate firms and solicitors fall short on competence policies, SRA review finds | Law Gazette Just nine out of 30 sample files showed evidence of sup...

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Court of Appeal rejects attempt by solicitors to restrict the rights of beneficiaries to challenge the legal costs of administering the Estate

Has your loved one's Estate been correctly charged?

The Court of Appeal yesterday handed down a long awaited judgment in the case of Kenig v Thomson Snell & Passmore and has dismissed the solic...

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How much do we really get in refunds and savings?

Real life figures

On the home page of our website there is a running total of the amounts of savings or refunds that we have achieved for our clients. since we first st...

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Chris N v BPS Law LLP

The solicitors' "no win no fee" agreement claimed the extraordinary rate of £995 per hour

A former Client of Manchester law firm BPS Law LLP received a refund of £2,300.00 charged to him in respect of legal fees in an inheritance matter. Ou...

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