Hanretty, Christopher (2016) Lawyer rankings either do not matter for litigation outcomes or are redundant. International Journal of the Legal Profession, 23 (2). pp. 185-205. ISSN 0969-5958

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Abstract

I investigate the success of litigants in tax cases in England and Wales between 1996 and 2010. I explore the effect upon success of having better-ranked legal representation, according to rankings of barristers published by Chambers. I find that, for a variety of model specifications, there is no significant positive effect of having better-ranked legal representation. After conducting a sensitivity analysis, I conclude that better-ranked legal representation might have a positive effect on litigation outcomes, but only if better-ranked lawyers receive cases that are substantially more difficult to win. However, if better-ranked lawyers receive substantially more difficult cases, this suggests consumers of legal representation are sophisticated enough to dispense with legal rankings.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	22 Mar 2016 09:20
Last Modified:	22 Apr 2020 00:52
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/57721
DOI:	10.1080/09695958.2015.1133422

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