Oliver Gardner Of Howards Solicitors Manchester Explains The Issues Surrounding Referral Fees In The Legal Sector It strikes me that there are a number of issues: Firstly, there is the straight forward simple payment of what we all recognise as a referral fee: It is a payment, usually but not limited to, in monetary form…
A Unique Perspective On Criminal Law, by Oliver Gardner of Howards Solicitors A file I picked up today to review inspired me to write this blog. It is a file relating to a man accused of a crime to which at the very first court hearing in October last year he pleaded guilty. Notwithstanding the…
OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF Howards Solicitors LIMITED IN RESPONSE TO RECENT CHANGES, AS WELL AS THOSE TO COME, WITHIN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM People new to power are always tempted to introduce changes, often incorporating added bureaucracy, for what they consider to be the greater good. Time and experience often proves that such an approach…
Desmond Hudson Chief Executive Law Society 16 October 2013 Our Ref: OSG/LAA/PCT Dear Mr Hudson Thank you for your letter of the 14th October 2013. I note your commitment to oppose the proposed fee cuts but I fear that if precedent is anything to go by your defence to the chancellor’s attack on our criminal…
I have felt compelled to comment on the Law society paper and further on the recent hysteria it seems to have caused. I am a partner in a very small firm, our criminal department employs 6 duty solicitors, 1 clerk, a trainee and 2 support staff. We cover Manchester and Crewe/Macclesfield. Can I begin by…
