Law firms Showing its teeth: Law Society invokes Magna Carta as it launches legal action against court fees’ ‘flat tax’ Legal Business · 23 February 2015 · 3 min read Legal regulation Kingsley Napley The Law Society is challenging the government’s decision to increase certain court fees by over 600% and has issued a pre-action protocol letter for judicial review saying the move would be tantamount to ‘selling justice’.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryRevolving Doors: City hires at Goodwin, Ropes as Willkie brings in former CC antitrust headLaw firmsEliza Winter2 Mar 2026Revolving Doors: Dechert bolsters private capital with senior in-house hire as McDermott recruits from A&O ShearmanLaw firmsTheresa Hargreaves26 Jan 2026‘A poisoned chalice’ – SFO director’s early exit reignites speculation over organisation’s futureLaw firmsWill Lewallen19 Jan 2026‘Bolder, pragmatic, more proactive’: Regulators bare teeth, but will they bite?Law firmsHolly McKechnie16 Feb 2024‘A timely reminder’: SDT issues joint highest-ever fine in anti-money laundering crackdownLaw firmsHolly McKechnie15 Jan 2024‘It sits squarely in the SFO’s wheelhouse’: criminal investigation launched into Axiom Ince as regulators and ex-employees grapple with aftermathLaw firmsHolly McKechnie12 Dec 2023Revolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London movesLaw firmsAnna Huntley9 Jan 2025Five partners vie to succeed Hoyland as Simmons managing partnerLaw firmsTom Cox7 Jan 2025‘Seize every opportunity’ – Paul Hastings partner Reena Gogna on City law, Suits and poetryLaw firmsAnna Huntley7 Jan 2025