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Persons selling themselves as legal advisors must be held to the same standards as a law firm

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The High Court has ruled that a man who ran a ‘litigation firm’ was professionally negligent in the handling of a client’s claim as he sold his firm as qualified legal advisors when in fact he was not qualified and did not employ any legally qualified staff.

More: https://www.leighday.co.uk/News/2019/March-2019/High-Court-rules-that-persons-selling-themselves-a

Mike Hughes
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Wonder how this would sit with those who call themselves benefits lawyers when they don’t hold a current certificate.

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Mike Hughes - 18 March 2019 06:19 PM

Wonder how this would sit with those who call themselves benefits lawyers when they don’t hold a current certificate.

Very quietly it appears

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i wish Leigh Day, or BAILII, would put the actual judgment up though.

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ikbikb - 19 March 2019 12:39 PM
Mike Hughes - 18 March 2019 06:19 PM

Wonder how this would sit with those who call themselves benefits lawyers when they don’t hold a current certificate.

Very quietly it appears

:)

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