More than 70 per cent of high street law firms face closure

D_P_Dance

I find this difficult to believe.  Work must be piling up, conveyancing, divorces, evictions, bankruptcies, repossessions, and thousand of people suing the NHS/HMG for incompetence, not to mention Meghan.  

Snakes_Belly

I read recently that some law firms were offering their staff a sabbatical of three months at 30% of full pay or 40% of full pay if they did some pro bono work during this period.

This may be useful for a person who wishes is appealing a parking judgment or contesting an appeal made by the PPC.

Snakes_Belly

https://www.legalcheek.com/2020/04/shearman-sterling-lawyers-offered-six-month-sabbaticals-for-30-pay/

Snakes_Belly

I just wish that said more than 70% of private parking companies face closure. 

When I was fighting my case I kept wishing that a great hole would open up and swallow Excel Parking Services and it would never be seen or heard of again.   

beamerguy

Snakes_Belly said:

I just wish that said more than 70% of private parking companies face closure. 

When I was fighting my case I kept wishing that a great hole would open up and swallow Excel Parking Services and it would never be seen or heard of again.   

No parking company is immune to this, and no legal is immune especially those who operate on high volume, low cost claims. When retail outlets open again, the first sale of the day will make them a profit.  With parking companies, from the day they issue a ticket it can take months to get the money. Of course some will pay but with more exposure being given in the media, more people will fight them and win. That could be 2-4 months down the line and all the time the PPC is starved of money.

I think we will see some of the smaller companies close first and oddly, this virus, as nasty as it is, it will cull more companies than the new code of practice could ever achieve.  

bargepole

D_P_Dance said:

I find this difficult to believe.  Work must be piling up, conveyancing, divorces, evictions, bankruptcies, repossessions, and thousand of people suing the NHS/HMG for incompetence, not to mention Meghan.  

The majority of High Street solicitors rely on conveyancing as their bread and butter, and with very few property sales and lettings taking place at present, that income has virtually dried up. Evictions and repossessions are also on hold for the time being.

I also suspect that the number of private PCNs is down by more than 50%, as can be seen by the volume of new enquiries / threads on this forum, well below the usual rate. This may not immediately impact the likes of Gladstones and BW Legal, who will be dealing with court claims for tickets issued months / years ago, but it will catch up with them eventually.

twhitehousescat

bargepole said:

D_P_Dance said:

I find this difficult to believe.  Work must be piling up, conveyancing, divorces, evictions, bankruptcies, repossessions, and thousand of people suing the NHS/HMG for incompetence, not to mention Meghan.  

The majority of High Street solicitors rely on conveyancing as their bread and butter, and with very few property sales and lettings taking place at present, that income has virtually dried up. Evictions and repossessions are also on hold for the time being.

I also suspect that the number of private PCNs is down by more than 50%, as can be seen by the volume of new enquiries / threads on this forum, well below the usual rate. This may not immediately impact the likes of Gladstones and BW Legal, who will be dealing with court claims for tickets issued months / years ago, but it will catch up with them eventually.

6 yrs in england and wales , 5 years in scotland , and with a much higher chance of getting default CCJ,s with much higher figures , and in multiple claim cases then getting the likes of DCBL involved 

beamerguy

twhitehousescat said:

bargepole said:

D_P_Dance said:

I find this difficult to believe.  Work must be piling up, conveyancing, divorces, evictions, bankruptcies, repossessions, and thousand of people suing the NHS/HMG for incompetence, not to mention Meghan.  

The majority of High Street solicitors rely on conveyancing as their bread and butter, and with very few property sales and lettings taking place at present, that income has virtually dried up. Evictions and repossessions are also on hold for the time being.

I also suspect that the number of private PCNs is down by more than 50%, as can be seen by the volume of new enquiries / threads on this forum, well below the usual rate. This may not immediately impact the likes of Gladstones and BW Legal, who will be dealing with court claims for tickets issued months / years ago, but it will catch up with them eventually.

6 yrs in england and wales , 5 years in scotland , and with a much higher chance of getting default CCJ,s with much higher figures , and in multiple claim cases then getting the likes of DCBL involved 

The thing now is, whilst all the above still applies, this time last year, abuse of process was not heard about. 
When Judge Taylor spanked BWLegal in Southampton, it is spreading to other courts and will continue to spread around the country.  I am sure there are many cases that are struck out that we never hear about 
The seed was sowed months ago and is now blooming so the question is .... how many spankings can these legals take as each time they lose money

twhitehousescat

60-70% of tickets are paid after first reminder , hundreds of people get default ccj,s with added costs , very few people or judges know or understand "abuse of process"

beamerguy

twhitehousescat said:

60-70% of tickets are paid after first reminder , hundreds of people get default ccj,s with added costs , very few people or judges know or understand "abuse of process"

twhitehousescat said:

60-70% of tickets are paid after first reminder , hundreds of people get default ccj,s with added costs , very few people or judges know or understand "abuse of process"

If such a percentage was true, boy are they suffering now and in the Southampton case, the OP, had never heard of abuse of process until DJ Taylor said so, news to us as well.  It does not follow that anyone should know about abuse of process but if the clued up judge does all the better and you know, since last year more and more judges are spanking away or deducting the fake amount. What we don't know right now is how many but suffice to say, it is a 100% more than this time last year. Bad for dodgy legals and good for the motorist.

And about the CCJ problem, we all know that Theresa May told a pack of lies