Alternative Business Structures...
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Legal Disciplinary Practices...
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The Pitfalls of Partnership...
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All that glisters ….. For many young solicitors, the ultimate goal to which to aspire is that of partnership or membership of an LLP. However, as many a duped or defrauded junior partner will testify, careful thought should be given to the move to becoming a partner and appropriate legal and financial...
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Complaints handling...
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Introduction to complaint handling In most cases clients are happy with the services which they receive from their solicitor, but every so often things either do not go according to plan or a solicitor will not do as good a job as he or she should have done. Inevitably this leads to a client who is...
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Setting up in Practice...
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Introduction Setting up in practice, whether on your own or in partnership or conjunction with others is a serious step to take and should never be undertaken lightly. It is not something which you can, or should, do without a great deal of thought and forward planning and you should be especially...
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Legal Complaints Service...
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© Copyright David Stowell and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. The Legal Complaints Service (LCS) is an independent complaints handling body that handles complaints about solicitors. Currently it is part of the Law Society (although it claims to operate independently) but in November...
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Introduction to the Solicitors Disciplin...
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The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) was established under section 46 of the Solicitors Act 1974 to adjudicate upon breaches of the rules of professional conduct by solicitors, registered foreign lawyers and those who are employees of solicitors and to hear applications for restoration to the...
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Conflict of Interests...
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The main provisions relating to conflict of interests are to be fund in rule 3 of the Solicitors Code of Conduct 2007 (as amended). These principally replace the provisions previously to be found in Practice Rule 16D and Rule 6 (avoiding conflicts of interest in conveyancing, property selling and mortgage...
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Solicitors Accounts Rules...
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The Solicitors Accounts Rules 1998 (SARs) originally came into effect on 22 July 1998 and all solicitors were required to practice in accordance with them by 1 May 2000. They have been subject to ongoing amendment through the period since then and you must be very careful to ensure that in any matter...
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Office of the Legal Services Complaints ...
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The Legal Services Complaints Commissioner is an independent, government-appointed regulator whose main powers were set out in the Access to Justice Act 1999 and who is appointed until the closure of the OLSCC on 31 March 2010, by which time the Legal Services Board, the new overarching regulator, will...
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