Please note that all necessary verification of this bid has to be completed by 1st April. This includes all supervisor forms etc. There does however seem to be a bit of confusion here, as the notification letter of 6th March contains the following; We confirm that the verification of your bid has been satisfactorily completed […]
As of today we have – 2 CCA appeals to complete, 3 reconciliation matters to resolve, 2 course to write and a long list of as yet unknown phone calls to answer (oh there’s one of those now). I had some good strategic ideas over the weekend but can’t remember them now. This is just […]
The Legal Ombudsman has published a damning report on Solicitors, Costs and Customer Care. The theme of his conclusions involves treating “Clients as Customers” and improving service. Whilst this is obviously a serious regulatory matter, especially at audit, does he have a point and are firms losing business by only treating these issues as compliance […]
Nanci Griffith tonight, Noah and his Whale tomorrow so it was tempting to put up something by either of them. However in a week with a new Weller album… The SP Jury (1 angry man) is out on “Sonik Kicks” – this however is him at his best, live and for 6 Music’s 10th Birthday […]
Earlier in the year our of my webinars was described as “dull but effective” – which we have turned into a marketing strap line. I have only had one piece of feedback on yesterday Law Society Legal Aid Conference contribution; “You were not Sh&^e” Now you cannot fish for compliments like that.
The recent Family License only procurement round was for firms who made an inadvertent mistake, in the completion of a question, to which the LSC already knew the answer in any event. These original refusals were harsh by any reasonable standard. The salt in the wound was that the process was riddled with mistakes on […]
It will be a bit quiet here for the next couple of days as I, first travel to that London, and then appear live on stage at TLS Legal Aid Conference. If you are attending do stop and have a chat, talking to me DOES NOT convince other delegates that you are a client with […]
The “Final” draft of the CDS Funding order, dealing with previous omissions has been published.
Came across this judgement, via Twitter, which was spotted by Garry Slapper. Post LASPO we can expect much more of this type of litigant-in-person tomfoolery. Favourite bits “Mr Covey took the course of stripping off his clothes and throwing water at one member of the court” And 15. THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE: His submissions so […]
I have finalised and sent my slide presentation for TLS Legal Aid Conference on Thursday. In the mean time actual audit activity continues to astound. As ever I am reticent to give details which could allow firms, and our involvement with them, to be identified and one set of circumstances are so strange that that […]