MOJ issues updated warning on up-front f...
Posted by admin in News Items on 08 27th, 2010 | Comments Off
27 August 2010 The Ministry of Justice has issued a revised statement – principally aimed at claims management companies – stating that they are aware that many businesses are taking ?up-front? fees without providing prospective clients with compulsory, pre-contract information as required...
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Bar Council Practising Certificate Fees...
Posted by admin in News Items on 08 27th, 2010 | Comments Off
27 August 2010 The Finance & Audit Committee of the Bar Council (FAC) has issued an explanatory note setting out a detailed explanation of proposed changes to the Practising Certificate Fee for 2011/12 and for the Bar Council budget. In what is a comprehensive proposal, the Council have proposed...
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LSB consultation on appeals mechanisms a...
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Legal Services Board Consultation closes 12 November 2010 The Legal Services Board (LSB) has published a consultation on proposals to establish the appeals mechanism on decisions of Licensing Authorities under the Alternative Business Structures (ABS) framework. Licensing Authorities (LAs) will be at...
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New Regulations on Commercial Undertakin...
Posted by admin in News Items on 08 23rd, 2010 | Comments Off
23 August 2010 Following substantial debate as to the risks created by solicitors giving undertakings in commercial property transactions, and following a consultation which received 184 separate submissions, the Council of the Law Society of Ireland has decided at its meeting on 16th July, 2010, to...
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President recommends Practice Management...
Posted by admin in News Items on 08 23rd, 2010 | Comments Off
23 August 2010 The President of the Law Society of Northern Ireland is encouraging solicitor firms to access a new publication which provides practice management advice and guidance in these troubled economic times. As part of its drive to support the profession the Practice Management and Development...
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Scottish Law Society to research bullyin...
Posted by admin in News Items on 08 23rd, 2010 | Comments Off
23 August 2010 The Law Society of Scotland has appointed Equality Works to carry out research into bullying and harassment in the legal profession. The researchers are now looking for people from across the profession ? from trainees to partners and paralegals and support staff to share their experiences...
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Do lawyers care about their regulators?...
Posted by admin in Blog on 08 23rd, 2010 | No Comments
An article last month in Scottish legal magazine The Firm entitled ?Vast majority of solicitors totally unaware of Law Society constitution consultation? is something of an indictment on the extent to which lawyers engage with their regulatory body. It begs the question of whether the average lawyer...
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Law Society continues to defend legal ai...
Posted by admin in News Items on 08 23rd, 2010 | Comments Off
23 August 2010 The Law Society is preparing for legal action in the interests of thousands of families who could be denied access to justice in the wake of a major cut to the number of specialist firms providing family legal aid work. As part of the latest round of family law tenders undertaken by the...
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Professional Indemnity Insurance Resourc...
Posted by admin in News Items on 08 23rd, 2010 | Comments Off
23 August 2010 In the run-up to what is expected to be one of the more difficult professional indemnity insurance renewal periods for some time, the Law Society have made available to solicitors a number of resources to which they can turn in case they have problems. The Society has re-launched its...
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Quality assurance scheme for criminal ad...
Posted by admin in Consultations on 08 13th, 2010 | Comments Off
Joint Advocacy Group Consultation Consultation closes 12 November 2010 The Joint Advocacy Group (JAG) has launched a consultation on proposals for a scheme to quality assure advocates in the criminal courts. The Joint Advocacy Group (JAG) was established by the Bar Standards Board, the Solicitors Regulation...
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Outcomes-Focused Regulation – Draf...
Posted by admin in Consultations on 08 6th, 2010 | Comments Off
CLC Consultation Consultation closes 31 October 2010 The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has launched a Consultation Paper on a new draft Code of Conduct. Chief Executive Victor Olowe said: “For the reasons set out in the Executive Summary to the Consultation Paper, the Code of Conduct...
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CLC launches Code of Conduct consultatio...
Posted by admin in News Items on 08 6th, 2010 | Comments Off
06 August 2010 The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has launched a consultation paper on a new draft Code of Conduct. The Code, like that produced by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), will be based on an outcomes-focussed system and will, it is intended, come into force in October 2011...
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SRA announce individual and firm practis...
Posted by admin in News Items on 08 6th, 2010 | Comments Off
06 August 2010 The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have announced that the Legal Services Board (LSB) has approved the level of practising fees for 2010/2011. The individual fee will be ?428 (as opposed to the ?460 approved by the SRA). The SRA state that this is to reflect the fact that the...
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