Law Society backs SRA’s ABS propos...
Posted by admin in News Items on 03 29th, 2011 | Comments Off
29 March 2011 The Law Society has confirmed that it will be applying to the Legal Services Board for it (through the Solicitors Regulation Authority) to become a designated Alternative Business Structure (ABS) licensing authority. The Society?s Council has voted in favour of the application prepared...
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Clarity and Communication...
Posted by admin in Clarity and communication on 03 29th, 2011 | Comments Off
The lessons to be learned from Minkin v Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor Please note that this item was written prior to the introduction of the SRA Handbook on 6 October 2011. Some of the references are to regulations and rules which no longer apply. This item will be reviewed and updated shortly....
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LSB publishes assessment of first-tier c...
Posted by admin in News Items on 03 8th, 2011 | Comments Off
08 March 2011 The Legal Services Board (LSB) has published the results of its review into the progress approved regulators are making in ensuring first-tier (lawyers? own) complaints-handling arrangements are fit for purpose. This includes the steps approved regulators have, and are, taking to meet...
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Law Society of Scotland puts forward new...
Posted by admin in News Items on 03 7th, 2011 | Comments Off
07 March 2011 A new constitution for the Law Society of Scotland will be presented to members for approval at the next Annual General Meeting at the Marriott hotel in Glasgow on Friday 25 March. The current constitution of the Society is largely unchanged from that adopted in 1949. The project to update...
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Law Society calls for separate represent...
Posted by admin in News Items on 03 7th, 2011 | Comments Off
07 March 2011 The Law Society is calling upon solicitors to provide evidence in relation to lenders and separate representation. The Society states that one of the effects of the lenders rationalising their panels has been to cause a small increase in the number of cases where borrowers want to use their...
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SRA streamlines student enrolment...
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07 March 2011 The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has launched an online service making it quicker and easier for law students to enrol with their regulating body. Law students will be the first of the SRA-regulated community to take advantage of the new system. They are being encouraged to register...
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SRA publish ABS impact assessment...
Posted by admin in News Items on 03 7th, 2011 | Comments Off
07 March 2011 In the run up to its application to the Legal Services Board to become a regulator of alternative business structures (ABSs), the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published a further draft Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) intended to help them to identify the equality and diversity...
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