Woolf: warned of breachesTop City law firms are often asked to pay referral fees in direct breach of Law Society conduct rules, CMS Cameron McKenna partner Fiona Woolf has warned in a key Chancery Lane debate.

Speaking at a Law Society council meeting last week, Woolf said that she had in the past been asked to pay for client referrals and, although she had refused, said that some firms had “got around the rules”.