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You and Yours: McKenzie friends, The sugar tax, Online banking

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27/04/2016

McKenzie friends, The sugar tax, Online banking

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, McKenzie friends, The sugar tax, Online banking

The lawyers who want Mckenzie friends banned from the court room.

Consumer affairs programme. Proposals calling for fee-charging McKenzie friends to be banned from courtrooms. Plus, farmers who will be left with no land after a council sell-off.

The Bar Council, The Law Society and groups representing lawyers would like to see McKenzie who charge fees regulated and even banned from helping people who defend themselves in court. Is this a case of protectionism or upholding standards in the British legal system? 

Tenant farmers who rent their land from local councils face losing out as councils plan to sell off many sites in order to raise funds. We hear from farmers who say it would end their livelihoods.

And the bank that says branches are a thing of the past and that customers are better served via smartphone apps. 

Producer: Rajeev Gupta
Presenter: Shari Vahl.

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