Bar Council’s and Criminal Bar Association’s joint response to the Legal Services Board’s discussion document on the regulatory treatment of referral fees, referral arrangements and fee sharing, calls for referral fees to be scrapped.
Monthly Archives
December 2010
TheKnowList to launch CSR programme
TheKnowList will launch its corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme
LeO consults on equality and human rights
A consultation issued by the Legal Ombudsman in relation to valuing diversity and promoting equality.
LSB proposes diversity transparency increase
LSB announces proposals that would see all law firms and barristers chambers in England and Wales gathering and publishing data about the diversity of their workforce.
FLBA Warns of Consequences of Civil Legal Aid Cuts
FLBA warns of the potentially dangerous consequences of the planned cuts to civil legal aid.
LSB launches “secret” will shopper
LSB commissions IFF Research to explore will-writing market and test the quality of wills produced. The research will recruit individuals who are looking to get a will and follow them through the process of selecting a service provider and getting a will.
Land Registry consultation on land registration and the LSA
Land Registry launches consultation on proposed changes to land registration legislation to take account of changes made by the Legal Services Act 2007.
Bar Council chair calls for diversification
Incoming Bar Council Chairman calls for publicly funded barristers to diversify their practices and develop a mixed practice, incorporating privately as well as publicly funded work
Conveyancing rights for ILEX members
The Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) is proposing to make an application to become an approved regulator to grant rights to undertake conveyancing to those of its members who are suitably qualified.
Law Society calls for greater ethics emphasis
Law Society calls for greater focus on ethics in the Qualifying Law Degree and for the development of more robust systems for assuring quality in the provision of legal education and training.
Future client financial protection arrangements
A consultation issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority containing proposals for ways in which professional indemnity insurance is dealt with from October 2011 and further proposals to come into effect by October 2012.
SRA proposes major changes to insurance arrangements
SRA publishes proposals for dealing with PII issues including removing the single renewal date, ending mandatory cover for work done for financial institutions, and reducing the time firms can stay in the Assigned Risks Pool from 12 to six months.
SRA unveils how OFR will be delivered
SRA produces paper setting out details of how it will deliver outcomes-focused regulation, including how risk-based regulation will work in practice; what consumers, firms and regulated individuals can expect and updated guidance for those looking to launch ABSs.