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Solicitor withheld client damages to 'prop up' ailing firm | News | Law Society Gazette

Nicholas Goddard struck off despite glowing testimonies from lawyers and judges. Presumably less glowing testimonial from the client who he withheld £...

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Injury Cases – 7 Tips to Ensure you are not Overcharged when Fees are Deducted

​Since April 2013 solicitors have been able, when conducting your case on a "no win no fee" agreement, to deduct a "success fee" from your compensatio...

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Even the Government seems to have forgotten Your Statutory Rights!

Yesterday the Competition and Markets Authority published the results of a year long study into the legal services sector, the results of which can &n...

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Don't Fully Understand your Solicitors' Terms of Business? Don't Worry.....You're Not Alone

The Legal Services Consumer Panel published research yesterday concluding that improvements were needed to the way in which solicitors communicated th...

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Rotherham Solicitor banned for nine-fold overcharging of deceased clients

Yet more confirmation that insisting on receipt of a properly detailed bill at the time that monies are deducted, and then having it properly scrutini...

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