The End of Lawyers revised edition
BOOK REVIEW Paperback revised edition: THE END OF LAWYERS? Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services By Richard Susskind OBE ISBN: 978-0-19-959361-3 Oxford University Press www.oup.com "TARGETS, DOUGHNUTS, GLAZED DOUGHNUTS & COGS"-THE LEGAL CHOICES FOR THE FUTURE An appreciation by Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers In our original review entitled "Warning! Warning! The End is Nigh!", we were reminded of Blair's treacherous mission for Frank Field -- "think the unthinkable". He did and got sacked! Richard Susskind is clearly made of different stuff with this rethink on the nature of our legal services and the paperback update firmly lays down the challenge for all of us in the legal profession. Susskind has been thinking the unthinkable here, too, with his revisions from the hardback edition. His journey has been worth it after inconclusive attempts by, no longer, 'New' Labour, to introduce new packages on legal services, a commission, far too much regulation, and a "push me, pull you" policy on conditional fee agreements so we don't really know where we are or what direction we are going in- and whether we are even allowed to question the future because it is not the 'done thing' and we should just take what is meted out from the government- so has all changed since May 2010? Yes... and no! The next decade should be the decade of change for us as IT takes over and those carbon copies find their final resting place in the 'V & A'. The author ...
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Most people feel that the UK Insolvency / Debt solutions industry is a minefield. There are so many options, but so few truly independent advisors. Many so called advisors are merely selling their own particular product or service, others are using call centres where the person who is advising you has no real knowledge or experience of debt & is just working from a sales script. So what are your main options? Well, theres a lot to be said for brevity so, Ill keep this nice & brief; 1. DEBT CONSOLIDATION take out a new loan to consolidate your debts into 1 easily manageable payment. The credit crunch has made this option much harder particularly for people with adverse credit ratings. 2. DEBT MANAGEMENT Utilise the services of a Debt management Company to deal with all your creditors on your behalf, you make one affordable payment & they apportion/share it amongst your creditors . 3. UNFAIR CREDIT AGREEMENT AUDITS this option is very widespread at the moment & comes in many different shapes & sizes but some experts are questioning whether it will actually work or not, particularly now that the Government own 50% / 60% of some of the major banks. This option could work & if it does all or some of your debts could be written off, but beware the sharks Ive heard reports of Companies charging large up-front fees & then doing nothing/very little for months whilst other Companies are charging large back-end fees using CFAs (conditional fee agreements) if youre unable to pay ...
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