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Referral fees - the business of access to justice

Abstract:

The paper examines the controversial issue of referral fees for personal injury claims. It looks at the function of referral fees in the civil justice system, their relationship to the guarantees of access to court and the right to seek legal assistance in ECHR Art 6, and the debate about promoting access to justice or a litigious society. It examines the experience of the referral fees market in England and Wales, where the costs of referrals have risen dramatically and there is concern that...

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Journal:
Legal Studies
Volume:
32
Issue:
1
Pages:
109-131
Publication date:
2012-03-01
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EISSN:
1748-121X
ISSN:
0261-3875
Language:
English
Pubs id:
pubs:479177
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uuid:68a04fc3-7174-422d-b473-268cb0b9aa04
Local pid:
pubs:479177
Source identifiers:
479177
Deposit date:
2014-09-17

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