Government to ban referral fees - TMC Legal Limited

By Toby Moreton, Costs Lawyer (regulated by the CLSB) · Published 8 November 2014 · Updated 24 May 2026

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Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly has announced that the government is to ban referral fees

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