OMBUDSMAN’S FINE ON NOT GUILTY SOLICITORS TO NEARLY QUADRUPLE TO £1,500 –...
This first appeared in my Newsletter Kerry on Costs, Regulation, Legal Systems and so much more. Subscriptions are £250 + VAT for 2026, which is over 100 issues. Buy here. The Law Society, in its...
View ArticleOMBUDSMAN TO PUBLISH ALL DECISIONS IN FULL
This first appeared in my Newsletter Kerry on Costs, Regulation, Legal Systems and so much more. Subscriptions are £250 + VAT for 2026, which is over 100 issues. Buy here. The Legal Ombudsman proposes...
View ArticleCOMPLIANCE OFFICERS FOR LEGAL PRACTICE/FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION REFORM...
This first appeared in my Newsletter Kerry on Costs, Regulation, Legal Systems and so much more. Subscriptions are £250 + VAT for 2026, which is over 100 issues. Buy here. The Solicitors Regulation...
View ArticleSOLICITORS REGULATION AUTHORITY: HOW MUCH LONGER CAN IT SURVIVE
This first appeared in my Newsletter Kerry on Costs, Regulation, Legal Systems and so much more. Subscriptions are £250 + VAT for 2026, which is over 100 issues. Buy here. The Legal Services Board...
View ArticleSOLICITORS REGULATION AUTHORITY COMPLAINTS HANDLING PROPOSAL UNDER FIRE FROM...
This first appeared in my Newsletter Kerry on Costs, Regulation, Legal Systems and so much more. Subscriptions are £250 + VAT for 2026, which is over 100 issues. Buy here. The Law Society states that...
View ArticleCLIENT ACCOUNT UNDER RENEWED THREAT
A report by a management consultancy, the Berkeley Partnership, commissioned by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for the Legal Services Board, recommends that the Solicitors Regulation Authority...
View ArticleKERRY UNDERWOOD 2026 ZOOMINAR AUTUMN SEASON
The 2026 Autumn Zoominar schedule brings together Kerry Underwood’s trademark clarity, litigation expertise and practical costs guidance – now supported by AI search facilities and full zoominar...
View ArticleLEGAL OMBUDSMAN NOT TO CHARGE CLIENTS FOR COMPLAINTS
This first appeared in my Newsletter Kerry on Costs, Regulation, Legal Systems and so much more. Subscriptions are £250 + VAT for 2026, which is over 100 issues. Buy here. The Legal Ombudsman has...
View ArticleSOLICITORS REGULATION AUTHORITY AND COSTS
This first appeared in my Newsletter Kerry on Costs, Regulation, Legal Systems and so much more. Subscriptions are £250 + VAT for 2026, which is over 100 issues. Buy here. The Solicitors Regulation...
View ArticleWelcome to my first blog aged 55 and a quarter
Shakespeare wrote: “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers” (Henry The Sixth, Part 2 Act 4). As this play is as readable as a commercial lease or European Court of Justice judgment I am...
View ArticleIMPACT ASSESSMENTS: 1984 AND ALL THAT
I would not normally bother dealing with an impact assessment as they are a waste of time and money and no Government has ever let one deflect it from what it wants to do. However the one attached to...
View ArticleTHE QUEEN TO BE SOLD!
Vince Rat has announced that the Queen is to be privatised. Rat said: “Now that we have sold the Mail, let us sell the Royal.” Dismissing suggestions that the main purchasers of Royal Mail shares were...
View ArticleA TRAIN JOURNEY
Customers are reminded that if they do not have a ticket to Manchester they cannot travel to Manchester. Customers are reminded that even if they do have a ticket to Manchester there is an excellent...
View ArticleOMBUDSMAN’S REPORT SHOWS HUGE DELAYS
This first appeared in my Newsletter Kerry on Costs, Regulation, Legal Systems and so much more. Subscriptions are £250 + VAT for 2026, which is over 100 issues. Buy here. The Legal Ombudsman survival...
View ArticlePOOR LAW
“Let’s get one thing straight” says Tommy Tozzer, “‘Poor Law’ is not about helping poor people; it is about doing law badly. We wanted to call our ABS “Crap Legal Services” but apparently there is...
View ArticleRETIRING EARLY
Droning On dropped in at The Bus Pass Arms and caught up with Reg Geranium, 49, early retired assistant manager of the Electricity Pylons Aesthetics Council. Reg described a typical day: “I get up...
View ArticleGAGA LAW
This first appeared in my twice weekly Newsletter – Kerry on Costs, Regulation, Legal Systems And So Much More… Subscription runs until 31 December 2025 and is £500 plus VAT, and can be booked here....
View ArticleARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HALLUCINATORY CASES: CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE...
This first appeared in my Newsletter Kerry on Costs, Regulation, Legal Systems and so much more. Subscriptions are £250 + VAT for 2026, which is over 100 issues. Buy here. In Tobosaru v Court of Law...
View ArticleDIESELGATE MASS LITIGATION LARGELY THROWN OUT
This first appeared in my Newsletter Kerry on Costs, Regulation, Legal Systems and so much more. Subscriptions are £250 + VAT for 2026, which is over 100 issues. Buy here. In Various Claimants v...
View ArticleLEGAL SERVICES BOARD HAMMERED BY OFFICIAL REVIEW
This first appeared in my Newsletter Kerry on Costs, Regulation, Legal Systems and so much more. Subscriptions are £250 + VAT for 2026, which is over 100 issues. Buy here. In a 45-page report...
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