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Monthly Archives
November 2010
IOP to produce transatlantic competency standards
IOP and NYPCA to produce joint competency standards
Paralegals to become eligible to apply for judicial appointment
Senior paralegals now eligible to apply to become judges of First-tier tribunals under changes brought in by the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act.
ILCA now officially ILFM
The Institute of Legal Cashiers and Administrators has confirmed that it will as of today be known as The Institute of Legal Finance and Management (ILFM)
LSCP proposes legal quality audits
Legal Services Consumer Panel calls upon legal regulators to improve the quality control of, and information provided about, the performance of their regulated lawyers.
SRA reveals plans for ABS
SRA discloses plans for ABSs in speech delivered by SRA Chair Charles Plant at The Lawyer conference on alternative business structures, on 8 November 2010.
SRA appoints independent reviewer for complaints
SRA announces appointment of the Independent Complaint Resolution Service as an independent reviewer to handle complaints about the service provided by the SRA and to provide independent oversight and respond to complaints that cannot be resolved internally.
Fitness to stand trial
Law Commission launches consultation looking at how it is determined whether someone accused of a crime is mentally fit to participate in a criminal trial and what should be done if they are not?
SRA report on client financial protection arrangements
SRA publishes report into the current financial protection arrangements for consumers of legal services including issues relating to professional indemnity insurance.
Solicitors warned about store-card fraud
LDG warns solicitors to be especially careful that they do not become the subject of identity theft and fraudulent store card applications, after it was revealed by one popular DIY store that a number of solicitors have been targeted in this way.
LSB publishes decisions on levy arrangements
LSB announces proposals for recouping the ongoing running costs for the LSB and Legal Ombudsman from Approved Regulators.
CLC Outcomes-Focused Regulation Consultation
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers has published four new consultations dealing with aspects of the regulatory approach to outcomes-focused regulation.
Law Society issues compromise agreement warning
Law Society expresses concerns that an ambiguity in the drafting of section 147 of the Equality Act in relation to compromise agreements means that there is no way in which compromise agreements under the Act can be made enforceable.