The Justice Minister has recently announced proposals for a further rise in court fees. We recently campaigned against the dramatic increase in court issue fees which took place in March this year where court fees were increased by as much as 622%! There are now proposals to double the maximum court issue fee for money …
New round of court fee rises could cripple SMEs! Read More »
In just a few weeks’ time, Phil Weldon, one of our associate solicitors, will be donning lycra and setting off on a bike ride from Geneva to Nice. Its 90 miles per day for 4 consecutive days would be difficult enough, but Phil will also have to deal with the added complication of the route …
What can you do when one of your customers has gone into insolvency and you are aware they still retain goods you have supplied which remain unpaid? You can consider making a Retention of Title (“ROT”) claim to attempt to recover such goods, this is on the proviso that you have a ROT clause incorporated …
Our vey own Keith Jones was invited by The Law Society to submit an aticle to comment upon the deep impact the recent substantial increase in court fees will have. Please click here to read the published article. Irrespective of who will be in power after the General Election in May, we intend to continue …
It may sound obvious but it is crucial to ensure that you are fully aware of the true identity of your customers and/or clients. For example if someone describes themselves as “X and Co” are they a limited company, limited liability partnership, a sole trader (trading under this name), a partnership or another form of …
With the recent increase in Court fees, many clients are faced with having to look for alternatives to issuing traditional Court proceedings. Even for larger debts, Winding Up debtors (applicable when the debtors are companies or LLPs) was often seen as quite an expensive option, but not any more. In County Court proceedings, regardless of …
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The MoJ recently announced plans to raise revenue from the court system by introducing a new structure for fees for bringing money claims over the value of £10,000. The announcement can be found by clicking here. Under the proposed system, the court fee to issue money claims over £10,000, will be calculated as 5% of …
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We are pleased to announce that we have secured the national Law Society’s law management quality mark, Lexcel. Lexcel is developed specifically for the legal profession. It is an optional, recognised accreditation scheme for law firms and in-house legal departments which gives assurance that a practice meets high client care and business management standards. To …
The Keith Jones Partnership secures top accolade from the Law Society Read More »
We know that everyone is gearing up and getting ready for the Christmas shut down. However, please be aware that the Courts and the Royal Mail continue to operate during this period. You can still be (validly) served with Court papers during this shut down period! We have had clients being caught out by this. …
I’m sure we are all quite astonished by the news that Pay Day loan company WONGA have seemingly been caught ‘imitating’ non-existent law firms. It would seem they did this to place defaulting customers under added pressure to meet payments. The Student Loans Company have also recently hit the headlines for using their own in-house …
