Laura Rees
Costs lawyer
Laura Rees, council member, Association of Costs Lawyers (www.associationofcostslawyers.co.uk), costs lawyer, Hill Dickinson (www.hilldickinson.com)
Costs lawyer
Laura Rees, council member, Association of Costs Lawyers (www.associationofcostslawyers.co.uk), costs lawyer, Hill Dickinson (www.hilldickinson.com)
Laura Rees suggests it’s time Parliament reviewed the Solicitors Act 1974 to give consumers & solicitors better protection
Time to get to the point? Laura Rees addresses issues with the current guidance on raising points of dispute
Fee earners could risk failing to have their bills assessed if the right fee earner information is not provided, says Laura Rees
Laura Rees discusses the perils of being economical with budget information
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MOVERS & SHAKERS
Freeths—Ruth Clare
National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester
Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon
Partner appointed head of family team
mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison
Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return
NEWS
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness
A Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruling has reopened debate on the availability of ‘user damages’ in competition claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Edward Nyman of Hausfeld explains how the CAT allowed Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen’s alternative damages case against Meta to proceed, rejecting arguments that such damages are barred in competition law
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