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SLCC proposes further 8.5% levy rise
Complaints body calls for public debate about funding
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Complaints rise well below SLCC forecast: Society
Claim supporting general levy rise not realised in annual report
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SLCC annual report records 2% rise in complaints
Commission concerned at rising number taken to later stages
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Dentons launches in-house consultancy service
Fifty former general counsel signed up to Nextlaw In-House Solutions
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SLCC publishes wills and executries consumer guides
Tips are based on issues from real complaints
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Draft surveillance codes fall short on legal privilege: Faculty
Scottish Government proposals "do not reflect importance" of protection
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SLCC launches updated Family Law Consumer Guide
New edition offers tips based on real complaints
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Ministers launch legal services review for Scotland
Chair of NHS 24 to lead 15 month independent study
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SLCC backs need for price transparency in legal services
Support for CMA report calling for better consumer information
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Thorntons signs up to Armed Forces Covenant
Tayside practice claims to be first Scots law firm to pledge support
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Consumers still in the dark, CMA interim legal services report finds
E&W study says lack of price/quality data still blocking competition
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Legal jargon still a barrier to consumers, board research finds
England & Wales report targets improving accessibility
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Complaints Commission publishes first decision summaries
Six complaints upheld and six not, in July-September collection
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SLCC issues reminder over duty to offer ADR
Commission's own provider application put on hold, but rule remains
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SLCC to publish determination decisions
Quarterly anonymised release will demonstrate case handling process
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MEPs support further protection for lawyer-client communications
Commission to be pressed for action as resolution adopted
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Risk should be focus of regulation change, SLCC claims
Consultation response looks for targeting of main causes of complaint
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SLCC welcomes latest decision on test for leave to appeal
Williams criteria upheld despite doubts in earlier decision
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SLCC determination appeal cannot challenge complaint classification: judge
Attempt to appeal "hybrid" status ruled out of time
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Correct advice may not be enough, court rules on complaint appeal
Service has to be judged from lay client's viewpoint as well as solicitor's
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Future of solicitors' Guarantee Fund goes out to views
Society consults on funding and who should be able to claim
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SLCC issues family law consumer guide
Tips focus on area with second highest number of client complaints
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Fewer complaints, but more needing resolved: SLCC half year figures
Numbers down but fewer rejected at initial stage
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Court holds action settled despite solicitor's lack of authority
Disgruntled litigant should have taken action against solicitor