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