referral fees

The Law Society recently announced a change of policy with a call for the reintroduction of a ban on referral fees.  The Legal Services Board said it will look at this issue as priority. The subject of referral fees is not, in theory, one directly related to legal costs but does seem to keep cropping […]

The following letter was originally published in the Gazette: “Dear Editor, Whether the original ban on referral fees is reinstated (see [2004] Gazette, 4 June, 14) or the amended rules, which offer ‘greater clarity for the profession’, remain in place, the key question will be one of enforcement. Given the Court of Appeal has confirmed