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Policies and guidelines

The Commission develops and publishes two kinds of policies and guidelines - policies and guidelines we develop and publish for the benefit of the profession to assist practitioners to better understand their professional obligations in areas that have proved problematic, and policies and guidelines we develop for use in-house and that we publish in the interests of transparency.

 

Policies and guidelines to assist practitioners

Guidelines for charging outlays and disbusements pdf icon (27kb pdf file)

Guidelines for charging fees in speculative personal injury matters  pdf icon (39kb pdf file)

A guide to advertising personal injury services   pdf icon (67kb pdf file)

A guide to advertising personal injury services on the internet pdf icon (76kb pdf file)

The Commissioner has also published an interactive on-line tool illustrating the restrictions on the advertising of personal injury services on the internet by reference to two fictitious law firm websites, one of them compliant and the other non-compliant - see Website comparer.

 

In-house policies and guidelines

Prosecution guidelines: Unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct pdf icon (87kb pdf file)

Privacy and confidentiality

Guidelines for conducting surveys and research pdf icon (14kb pdf file)

 

 

 

 

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