All Consumer issues, debt and bankruptcy articles – Page 5
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NewsSociety asks Met Police to investigate Wonga over fake firms
Three sets of offences may have been committed, Society says.
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NewsWonga threatened customers with fake law firms
The UK’s biggest payday lender has entered an agreement with the Financial Conduct Authority to compensate around 45,000 customers.
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NewsConsumer watchdog raps PII reform plans
Panel cites ’weakness in the evidence base’ for cutting minimum cover.
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News‘Culture change’ needed to embrace fee-charging McKenzie friends
Consumer watchdog says the access to justice benefits outweigh potential detriment to clients.
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NewsGovernment plans ADR scheme for consumer rights
An alternative dispute resolution scheme is intended to give consumers greater redress without going to court.
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NewsIrwin Mitchell buys ex-Halliwells unit
ABS pioneer’s debt legal services arm to take on HL Interactive for undisclosed sum.
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NewsGovernment opts in to expanded EU small claims track
Limit will rise to €10,000 under European Commission proposals.
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NewsHigh street cull as 136 firms disappear
The SRA has published names of firms that did not obtain indemnity insurance.
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NewsManchester firm failed after NatWest halted lending
Statement to creditors shows background to collapse of boutique firm.
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NewsConflicted firms ‘unable to act against banks’
Businesses being ‘driven into bankruptcy’ by RBS are unable to fight back through the courts, Tomlinson report finds.
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NewsClients unwilling to pay extra for regulation costs
LSB survey finds little public enthusiam for clients paying for their own regulatory protection.
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NewsChallinors creditors left with nothing
The demise of the Midlands partnership is expected to cost around 250 creditors a total of £7.1m.
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OpinionTrading blows
Giving consumers a private right of redress against rogue traders could cause problems for lawyers.
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News'Horror stories' case for third-party complaints
The Legal Services Consumer Panel has stepped up its campaign for the ombudsman to take on third-party complaints.
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NewsCobbetts clear-up fees revealed
An administrator’s report has laid out who made what from the Cobbetts collapse.
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NewsConsumer panel calls for single regulator
The Legal Services Consumer Panel says the regulatory regime is a maze for clients and a burden for lawyers.
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NewsAirline ‘compensation culture’ fears
The airline industry has warned that a ‘compensation culture’ has been created for passengers taking advantage of new rules on flight delays.
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Opinion
Painting by numbers
I need an outside painting job done at my house. It needs to be done in the summer months in the good weather. So I asked two decorators to give me a quote. One came and looked and I never heard from him again. The other came and looked and ...
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Direct Line applies to set up law firm through ABS
Britain’s biggest car insurer, Direct Line Group, has applied to the Solicitors Regulation Authority to become an alternative business structure. The insurer wants to create a newly formed and wholly owned law firm, DLG Legal Services, to operate in partnership with existing law firm Parabis. Direct Line Group already provides ...
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Immigration, rehabilitation and deregulation reforms in Queen’s speech
As widely trailed, immigration and crime form key planks of the government’s legislative programme outlined in the Queen’s speech today.