The Law Society is facing trial over a claim that its ‘Find a Solicitor’ (FAS) service allowed a bogus solicitor to get away with a £735,000 property scam. Property developer Nick Christofi was planning to buy a Tudor-style four-bedroom house…read more
Ground rent negligence claims soar. Published October 2017
Sharply rising ground rents on new build leasehold residential property is leading to spike in negligence claims against solicitors. Insurance risk and commercial law firm BLM says it has already seen over 400 claims in less than a year and…read more
Financial Adviser avoids paying redress for pension error. Published October 2017
An adviser has escaped paying redress to a client over a pension allowance error. The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has partially upheld a complaint from a client that the adviser should have warned her about the risk of exceeding the…read more
New proposals from Lord Jackson to avoid runaway legal costs. Published October 2017
Lord Justice Jackson has recommended that more legal cases are subject to fixed costs. He says that the only way to avoid runaway costs is to agree them in advance of the case going to trial. The proposals, which have…read more
Get it in writing if you want to recover adjudication costs. Published October 2017
Uncertainty about when construction firms can claim the adjudication costs for the recovery of a debt has been resolved by a recent court case. Parties must agree to the payment of costs in writing before the adjudication starts, if they…read more
