Sentences with phrase «fee schemes for»

The immediate introduction of new fair graduated fee schemes for criminal litigators, family litigators and family advocates is overdue.

The anticipated financial impact of the new or modified fee schemes for the transitional period before the introduction of competitive tendering in October 2008 and April 2009 indicated that they posed «a considerable risk to the stability of an already fragile legal aid market».

The introduction of these fee schemes for the short transitional period should therefore be halted.»

Which bit of «The introduction of these fee schemes for the short transitional period should therefore be halted» [in the committee report] did they mistake for an endorsement?»

The graduated fee scheme for Crown court defence litigators, announced last week by the Legal Services Commission (LSC), has been savaged by defence solicitors.

Not exact matches

A widely circulated tweet purported to show that kind of scheme in action in Portugal, with additional fees charged for packages to use streaming music, video and social networking apps.

Fees vary based on the plan, with different pricing schemes for individual users and organizations.

«The consortium of 40 + banks (known as R3cev) which aims to do just that will inevitably develop something which: is permissioned (for users and developers like the apple app store), privatized, has fees, will not be entirely transparent to everyone, will not be open - source, it will definitely be inflationary to accommodate monetary policy of debasement and fractional reserve schemes, it will facilitate negative interest rates, central control of accounts for suspension / freezing of funds, bail - ins, bail outs, capital controls and transactions will include the identity of both sender and receiver and store that information in a centralized location for the convenience of hackers.»

For clients who trade equities and subscribe to real time market data, Saxo Bank has introduced a refund scheme where fees are refunded per exchange should clients trade a minimum of four (4) times across both stocks, ETFs and / or CFDs during each calendar month.

In a related civil case, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said the scheme yielded $ 3.9 million in profits and at least $ 193,000 in consulting fees for companies where Blaszczak worked.

Beverage suppliers will pay for the refunds as well as the scheme's handling and administrative fees, with a ten - cent hike in soft drink prices expected to be passed on to consumers.

Central to US Attorney Preet Bharara's successful case against Silver was a bribery scheme in which the former speaker directed state grants to a Columbia University oncologist who specialized in mesothelioma research in exchange for the doctor directing his patients to Weitz & Luxenberg, netting Silver lucrative legal fees.

In a verdict celebrated at the time as a landmark setback for Albany's pay - to - play culture, Silver, 73, a Manhattan Democrat who had become a Capitol institution, was convicted of two schemes in which he allegedly made $ 4 million in legal referral fees for abusing his power as speaker.

«As I researched the idea of promoting savings in our sector, the idea of credit union came into mind and I said that's it because it dawned on me that majority of the people don't have savings accounts, insurance cover or even pension schemes and since I became the Chairman of GHAMRO I really felt the pinch because every now and then I get calls from members asking for advance payment of their royalty to either pay school fees, settle medical bills or to even solve other financial problems then I've realized that this vacuum has to be filled because GHAMRO doesn't have a policy to pay this type of monies».

Cuomo's support comes as for - hire vehicle companies lobby hard against the proposed fee, pushing instead for a more comprehensive, yet still elusive, congestion pricing scheme.

(Posted 24 December 2011) Significant current scandals, and those yet to come In no particular order Top salaries and bonuses - boardroom and shareholder individual responsibility The multiple between top and average pay Lawyers fees - the cost of the legal process Medical negligence claims against the NHS Care and treatment in the NHS «No win, no fee» personal injury compensation Democracy and the voting system Lords reform Political party funding The domestic energy market and pricing The Tax system and its inefficiencies and complexities Subsidies for new energy generation schemes The amount of crime fuelled by Drugs The availability of drugs in prison.

At the last meeting of the working group prior to the medical scheme being introduced in April 2016, the BMA representative was recorded in the minutes as being content that there would no expectation of GPs charging a fee for responding to the initial police letter.

Silver's lawyers also claimed there wasn't enough evidence to even consider charges related to a second alleged scheme, in which Silver steered a real estate company to a friend's law firm, also in exchange for fees, Defense attorneys say the parties involved had no idea Silver was even collecting the money.

Dishonest tax preparers cook up schemes to get bigger refunds for taxpayers and bigger fees for themselves, either with or without the taxpayer's knowledge.

A judge has denied Alain Kaloyeros» bid to force two arms of SUNY Polytechnic Institute — which he founded and led — to advance him at least $ 1 million for legal fees related to his indictment in a bid - rigging scheme.

Silver is also accused of getting more than $ 700,000 in a real estate scheme — he pocketed referral fees from law firms that did tax work for wealthy developers, which Silver sent their way, prosecutors said.

Silver received $ 700,000 in referral fees from a real estate law firm doing tax appeal work for Glenwood in an alleged kickback scheme as he directed tax breaks to Glenwood, the indictment claims.

He also received $ 5.3 million from Weitz & Luxenberg, including $ 1.4 million salary for a no - show job and $ 3.9 million in referral fees for asbestos cases that he did not work on, scheming with prominent Manhattan doctor — who sources identified as Robert Taub — to push patients to the firm in exchange for research money, court documents say.

Silver had been accused of engaging in two schemes to enrich himself over the past decade, trading official favors for about $ 4 million in legal fees.

Prosecutors allege Silver used his official power to gain illicit fees for himself in two separate bribery schemes.

Over a trial expected to last a month, prosecutors will try to prove two schemes — that Silver helped Taub get $ 500,000 in state research funds in return for referring asbestos patients to a law firm that paid Silver, and also used his legislative clout to get two developers to use a Manhattan law firm that split its fees with Silver.

Silver, who was the leader of the state Assembly for more than 20 years, is accused of two schemes that earned him more than $ 4 million in illicit fees over 12 years.

For many years, the developers had no idea Silver was getting referral fees — leading Molo to argue that it's «an awfully odd bribery scheme» if you don't know you're being bribed, or extorted.

Prosecutors have accused him of running two separate schemes, steering real estate developers to a law firm that paid him kickbacks, and funneling state grants to a doctor who referred asbestos claims to a second law firm that employed Mr. Silver and paid him fees for referring clients.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and FBI officials charged that for more than a decade Silver, a lawyer, received kickbacks disguised as «attorney referral fees» through schemes that hinged on his power as one of the three most influential men in state government.

In one scheme, prosecutors charged, he had performed favors for a doctor who in return referred patients to Silver's law firm; as a result, Silver netted roughly $ 3 million in referral fees.

Mr. Skelos, 67, a Long Island Republican, and his son, Adam B. Skelos, 33, were found guilty on Friday of bribery, extortion and conspiracy charges, for schemes that exploited the senator's position to pressure a developer, an environmental technology company and a medical malpractice insurer to provide the son with hundreds of thousands of dollars in consulting fees and a no - show job.

There's still time to fine - tune any toll scheme on this point: Allow yellow cabs, say, 10 free trips a day into the congestion zone in return for the «crude congestion pricing fee» they've already paid.

Be wary of «bait and switch» schemes, where you are directed to another site or service, asked additional money for extra services, or required to pay large upfront fees.

This scheme offers income - assessed support for tuition fees and living costs for students aged 16 to 23 at a number of high quality private dance and drama schools

Details of the scheme, which is expected to be ready for pupils applying to go to university next year, have yet to be finalised but could mean students receive around 75 % of their course fees, as well as some living costs, in return for a teaching commitment of between five and seven years.

Under the academies scheme, when council - maintained schools choose to convert, local authorities have to pick up the tab for the costs of conversion including the cost of any deficit and legal fees.

De Nysschen has already unveiled BOOK by Cadillac, a scheme in which customers can switch between different Cadillac models up to 18 times during a 12 month period for a flat fee of $ 1,500 a month.

Mercedes offers a three - year / unlimited mileage warranty (with extensions available for an additional, variable fee) on its new cars and the UK's Service Care scheme allows owners to spread the cost of servicing across multiple payments, with the outlay from as little as less than # 1 per day.

Too many agents engage in abuses — charging upfront fees, participating in kickback referral schemes, urging writers to pay for expensive adjunct services, even steering clients into the clutches of vanity publishers — for you to assume that every agent you encounter is equally reputable.

Too many agents engage in abuses — charging upfront fees, participating in kickback referral schemes, urging writers to pay for expensive adjunct services, even steering clients into the clutches of vanity publishers — for you to assume that every agent you encounter is equally honest and skilled.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware On Wednesday, I blogged about high entry fee awards schemes.

Imposing an inhibitive fee may not be good for business in the grand scheme of things.

Discussing awards schemes open for self - published authors, Ross said that there are manyf schemes starting up that are «problematic» as they are simply «money - making schemes» that charge high entry fees, ahve self - appointed judges and «offer nothing in the way of anything useful.»

3c) You can pay a $ 25 flat fee and they will put your POD in their extended distribution scheme — which means it's available for bookstores to buy like any other tradpub book.

Hence, there is little scope for reducing the expense ratio, except if the scheme reduces the fund management fees or SEBI lowers the expense ratio cap -LSB-...]

Other iterations of credit repair schemes include advance fee secured or unsecured credit card promotions, which market such cards as a way to build up credit, but can often result in consumers paying hefty fees for credit card applications or worthless «pay as you go» cards.

The Better Business Bureau, one of the country's best known consumer watchdog groups, is being accused by business owners of running a «pay for play» scheme in which A plus ratings are awarded to those who pay membership fees, and F ratings used to punish those who don't.

With these schemes you often have to pay a sign - up fee, and there are other costs too, eg, set - up costs for your first parties, or buying brochures with Avon.

Are fees held separately and used only for the scheme's operation?