SRA ‘concerned’ at PI practices aiding fraud

UncategorizedBy hardwood_adm22nd March 2016

The Law Gazette The Solicitors Regulation Authority has said it is ‘concerned’ that some personal injury firms are failing to act within the rules and encouraging fraudulent claims. The regulator was urged in January to take a ‘tougher approach’ to rogue solicitors in the sector after a finding from the Insurance Fraud Taskforce that more…

Legal sector worth £26bn to economy

UncategorizedBy hardwood_adm22nd March 2016

The Law Gazette Every 1% of growth in the legal services market creates 8,000 jobs – and every policy decision that hits the sector by 1% would have a near-opposite effect. That is one of the headline findings to emerge from what the Law Society says is the first study of the contribution that legal…