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NLJ this week: Billing & ethics

21 February 2025
Issue: 8105 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Legal services , Risk management , Regulatory
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What challenges lie ahead in litigation? Two key areas are interim billing and ethics—explored in this week’s NLJ by Frank Maher, partner in Keystone Law specialising in professional regulation & professional indemnity insurance law.

On interim billing, Maher writes: ‘There have been several examples of courts ordering detailed assessments of law firms’ bills amounting to many millions of pounds years after they were submitted and paid.’

He also covers non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and SLAPPS—strategic lawsuits against public participation—including the ‘high-profile case against the solicitor who acted for former Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi and, it was said, misused the heading “without prejudice” in an email’. 
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