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Anti Money Laundering: Solicitors Firm Fined for AML Breach

by James | Jul 12, 2022 | James Denby

Anti Money Laundering: Solicitors Firm FIned for AML Breach Contact us today to find out how we can help CONTACT US Clarkes Law Firm in Telford have recently been fined £2,000 plus legal costs in the sum of £1,350 by the SRA for having inadequate controls in place to...

Provisional Assessment & Detailed Assessment of costs

by James | Jun 23, 2022 | Robert Collington

Provisional Assessment of Costs A Provisional Assessment Hearing will be required as part of the Detailed Assessment process if legal costs cannot be agreed on a Bill of Costs which does not exceed £75,000. If an agreement as to costs cannot be reached during Detailed...

Case Study: Proclaim Automatic Case Review Reminders

by James | Jun 23, 2022 | James Denby

Case Study: Proclaim Automatic Case Review Reminders Contact us today to find out how we can help CONTACT US The Problem Cases were going unworked by file handlers for lengthy periods of time. Whilst the firm had processes in place, such as a report to flag...

Points of Dispute: Disputing Costs in Detailed Assessment

by James | Jun 16, 2022 | Robert Collington

If you have received a Bill of Costs alongside a Notice of Commencement, this will signify the initiation of detailed assessment proceedings. Following receipt of these documents, you will have 21 days from the date of service to dispute the costs...

Data Science for Law Firms: The Benefits

by James | Jun 14, 2022 | James Denby

Data Science for Law Firms: The Benefits Contact us today to find out how we can help CONTACT US What is data science? Data science, similar to data analytics is a method used to obtain, process and analyse sets of raw data to determine whether a business is...