However, Susan Brown, director
at law firm Prolegal, said: «Introducing a system which has no certainty of reducing costs and could equally well increase them, will undoubtedly lead to satellite litigation, will make it more difficult for claimants to find an experienced personal lawyer to represent them, and is extremely dangerous
at a time when the legal services industry is on the brink of the
major upheaval that will result from the introduction of alternative business
structures.»
At the same time, the Financial Times pointed to the continued consolidation of
major law firms, predicting that we will soon see the emergence of the «$ 5 billion
law firm» — itself a response to those growing pressures on traditional fee
structures.