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- Be Prepared – expecting the unexpected
- Recommendations and Referrals
- Of Ravens and Writing Desks – Guidance on the new Standards and Regulations
- Standards and Regulations 2019 – Providing a Competent Service
- Standards and Regulations 2019 – The Maintenance of Trust and Proceedings before Courts
- Standards and Regulations 2019 – Flexibility and New Ways to Practise
- Making Your Practice More Cyber Secure
- Lowering the Standard on the SDT Flag Pole
- The Demise of the Regulatory Ostrich?
- Conveyancing Quality Scheme – the New Provisions
- Signposting the Impact of Brexit on Law Firms
- The Potential Perils of Electronic Communications
- The Problems of the Toxic Workplace
- Cybercrime Complacency
- Price Transparency
- Waivers, PPI Claims and the Information Gap
- Who owns what? File Ownership and liens.
- The Quick Guide to GDPR Compliance
- Handling GDPR Subject Access Requests
- Interim Billing – Certainty v Flexibility
- The Impact of Ransomware on Law Firms
- Tax Evasion and the Criminal Finances Act 2017
- Keeping Emails Appropriate
- Changes to the financial sanctions reporting regime
- Keeping Emails Safe
- The Continuing Problem of Fraudulent Investment Schemes
- GDPR and your Firm
- Draft Money Laundering Regulations Published
- The regulatory and practice implications of BYOD
- The Problems of Conveyancing Theft
- Are you Reasonably Adjusted?
- How Much Should We Reveal About Ourselves?
- CPD – practical steps to complying with the new SRA training requirements
- Confidentiality and disclosure – an introduction
- Bogus Law Firms and Identity Theft
- The New Rule Book Consultation
- Prohibition on provision of banking facilities by solicitors
- Inappropriate behaviour, vulnerable clients and the solicitor
- Register of people with significant control
- Introductions and Referrals
- When is a disbursement really a disbursement?
- A Brave New Regulatory World
- Keeping it Safe – the importance of passwords
- The Separate Business Rule – changing the rules of engagement
- Managing Social Media – Part III
- Managing Social Media – Part II
- Managing Social Media – Part 1
- Undoing the bundle – alternative ways to offer legal services
- THE SRA Risk Outlook 2015-16 and Changes to Regulation
- Making the Most of Google
- Rules to Change on Separate Businesses
- Closing down with care – planning your firm's exit
- Oiling the Wheels – solicitors and the offering of inducements
- SRA Risk Outlook – Spring Update
- Spotting the Bad Apple – Dealing with Rogue Partners and Staff (Part II)
- Spotting the Bad Apple – Dealing with Rogue Partners and Staff (Part I)
- Whistle Blowing by Solicitors
- Client Capacity
- Avoiding Cyber Scams
- SRA Reaches Out to Small Firms
- Training and the SRA
- SRA Consumer Credit Proposals
- Annual Report of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
- Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts
- Using Legal Comparison Web Sites
- Coping with the potential October PII Rule Changes
- Approaching Risk in the coming years – a look at the SRA Risk Outlook 2014/15
- Serious Crime Bill – its impact on solicitors
- CPD changes – opportunity or charter for cutbacks?
- SRA Regulatory Reforms – achievable, realistic or beneficial?
- The new Regulators' Code – bringing regulators to account?
- Regulation of consumer credit activities
- Managing Complaints – Part III
- Managing Complaints – Part II
- Managing Complaints – Part I
- Changes to the size of the PII market – the need to be a good risk
- Residual Client Balances – an unavoidable problem?
- Diversity Data Collection
- Giving an Undertaking
- Reporting Material Breaches
- Planning for the unexpected – Business Continuity Planning – Pt I
- Planning for the unexpected – Business Continuity Planning – Pt II
- Provision of Services Regulations
- Are you suitable? – the SRA Suitability Test 2011
- Provision of information and documents by solicitors
- Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
- Interventions
- Dishonesty
- Clarity and Communication
- Finding a new job
- Coping with Redundancy
- The Pitfalls of Partnership
- News
- Law Society of Scotland produces transparency guidance
- Law Society issues legal justice warning
- Legal sector must become more accessible
- Diversity Access Scheme
- Compensation Fund changes consultation
- BSB publishes 2019 Enforcement Report
- Fifth Directive places new requirements on law firms
- Law Society welcomes SRA PII Proposals
- Law Society Election and Justice Warning
- OLC seeks new chair
- Fifth of law firms fail on money laundering compliance
- Legal services for those with disabilities
- BSB modernises decision-making
- SRA Consults on Corporate Strategy
- Technology could unlock justice
- Bar Council launches anti-bullying and harassment tool
- Scottish solicitors vote for below inflationary practising certificate fee rise
- Law Society envisages no-deal Brexit slowdown
- SRA publishes new rule guidance
- BSB Handbook introduces new Bar transparency rules
- Women in Law Pledge
- Scottish Legal Aid Consultation
- LSB announces new Chief Executive
- SRA Publishes 2017/18 Review
- SSDT consults on standard of proof
- SRA review shows firms falling short on anti-money laundering
- Lawyers Need to be Online
- Growth in "Irish" Solicitors
- Increased Clarity for Scottish Solicitors
- SRA Raises Transparency Concerns
- SRA to launch new regulations in November
- New Freehold Management Enquiries (FME1) form
- Firms put on notice for money laundering compliance checks
- Scottish Solicitors Opt for Law Society Regulation
- Bar Council Advice on Judicial Bullying
- SDLT Payment Times Reduced
- Law Society concerned over the LSB's Handbook decision
- Revised Enforcement Strategy from SRA
- Law Society of Scotland launches reporting concerns line
- LSB publishes report on legal innovation
- CILEx warns leasehold reform must tackle managing agents
- SRA Digital Badge launched
- Solicitors reminded to adhere to their litigation obligations
- BSB introduces new intervention rules
- SRA introducing SQE in autumn 2021
- Date for New transparency Rules
- SRA urges caution over new legal business partners
- Third of Scottish Solicitors have Experienced Violence or Threats
- BSB seeks views on draft of new Bar transparency rules
- Law Society predicts growth in legal sector will halve if Britain crashes out of EU
- Reports of money laundering, cybercrime and dubious investment schemes all on the rise
- CILEx approved as ABS licensing authority
- BSB explains how it assures competence at the Bar
- SRA approach to European Insurance Distribution Directive approved
- Guide to finding EU law online
- Appointment of a new Chair to the Legal Services Board
- SRA announces detail of regulatory reforms
- SRA sets 2018/19 contributions to the Compensation Fund
- CILEx Launches Monthly Compendium
- SRA publishes research on trainee salaries
- Bar Council backs calls to end harassment at the Bar
- SRA sees accountant report numbers fall
- CILEx launches consultation in next stage of reforms
- Law Society warns of criminal defence lawyer extinction
- Bar Standards Board publishes guide on with vulnerable immigration clients
- SRA calls on firms to reduce level of PPI fees
- LSB gives go-ahead on first stage of solicitor qualification reforms
- New approach to improve transparency for clients of the Bar
- CLC aims to be ‘regulator of choice’ by 2022
- Redemption Statements Scam
- LSB publishes further research on legal needs of SMEs
- LSB gives approval for the ACCA to start authorising probate activities
- Diversity at the Bar
- New AML rules lead to mandatory information request
- SRA issues revised PI Warning Notice
- Research reveals poor record for complaint handling
- Money Laundering Continues to be a Problem
- Civil standard of proof for barrister professional misconduct proceedings
- SRA finalises new exam regulations
- Consumers can benefit by comparing the price of legal services
- Bar Council Launches New Ethics and Practice Website
- Law Society Criticises Criminal Defence Fee Cuts
- Training and Qualification of Barristers
- Second Phase of SRA Handbook Revision Published
- SRA publishes new information proposals
- ICAEW’s application to become a regulator rejected
- Draft anti-money laundering guidance
- Improving fortunes for smaller Scottish law firms
- SRA PPI Warning
- Offensive communications warning notice
- Legal Ombudsman announces new chief executive
- Law Society of Scotland publishes 'Who is your client?' guide for in-house lawyers
- SRA repeats ‘too good to be true’ investment warning
- New guide for Scottish solicitors on averting cyber attacks
- New immigration and asylum guidance for public and professionals
- LSB to research vulnerable consumers’ experience of legal services
- Litigating Accountants
- Practising Certificate Fee Consultation
- New Handbook Announced
- Uneconomic Legal Aid Work
- Law Society warns not to ignore GDPR
- BSB consults on disciplinary standard of proof
- Future of Bar training
- SRA publishes family law research
- Legal Professional Privilege Practice Note
- Scottish legal aid system ‘needs urgent overhaul’
- CILEx unveils radical governance reform
- LSB revises its diversity guidance
- Scottish solicitor traineeship numbers rise
- CILEx oppose Government whiplash plans
- Fairer Pay Proposal for Advocates
- Law Society urges de-regulation caution
- Law Society backs call for cold-calling ban
- SRA to encourage firms to offer new services in new ways
- LSB launches ABS survey
- Conveyancing theft main law firm cybercrime issue
- Views Required on LSB & LeO
- Scots Issue Cyber Security Warning
- Law Society Welcomes Government AML Stance
- SRA issues investment schemes warning
- Exiting the EU: An update for lawyers
- LSB publishes regulatory framework proposals
- BSB launches survey on the future of legal services delivery
- Law Society Rejects LSCP Fee Information Proposal
- LeO Highlights Lawyer Failings
- CMA Publishes Interim Report
- 2016/2017 Fee Levels
- LSB updates consumer complaints guidance for regulators
- Review of restrictions on choice of PII insurer
- Bar regulator to address unfair treatment of women at the Bar
- LSB research reveals extent of unregulated providers market shares
- SRA publishes PC fees
- McKenzie Friends in family courts to come under microscope
- Law Society continues fight against organised crime
- Law Society expresses strong reservations over Land Registry privatisation plans
- SRA highlights importance of wellbeing for solicitors
- Largest ever legal needs survey in England and Wales
- Anti-corruption statement from professional bodies across the UK
- Insurance change would increase flexibility for firms
- 6 months to training change
- Barristers predict an increase in public access work
- LSB states the obvious!
- SRA Handbook reaches version 16
- Law Society of Scotland pushes for reform
- Law Firm Database
- SRA issues personal injury fraud warning
- 2020 end to post run-off insurance cover
- Bar Council tackles sexual harassment
- Public Support for Independent Regulation
- LSB report on in-house regulation
- Law Society of Scotland issues guides for new parents
- Bar Council issues revised money laundering guidance
- LSB approves SRA reserved activity rule change
- Report calls for tougher action against dishonest solicitors
- Discriminatory instructions guidance from Bar Council
- SRA publishes consumer credit toolkit
- The use of experts in family law
- Bar Council issues guide to tackling sexual harassment
- CILEx 7 year rule abolished for Legal Executives
- SRA proposes new solicitor qualifying examination
- Chancellor's statement hits PI firms
- Another new regulatory model – more of the same?
- Transgender guidance
- Land Registry warns of fake emails
- SRA consumer credit proposals pass next hurdle
- SME legal needs remain unmet LSB research reveals
- SAHCA launches referral portal
- BSB consults on yet more flexibility for barristers
- Regulators consult on minor changes to QASA
- Change to sole practitioner authorisation
- Law Society updates guidance on EU Directive on Consumer ADR
- LSB considers regulatory burdens on in-house lawyers
- SRA agrees to regulate consumer credit
- SRA to further cut red tape
- Law Society of Scotland to respond to legal market changes
- Practising Certificate Renewals
- LSB publishes legislative options paper
- SRA Issues criminal legal action guidance
- Law Society welcomes CHAPS extension
- LSB Chief Executive to step down
- Reporting Accountants' requirements relaxed
- CLC Move to London
- LeO sets out strategy and business priorities
- LSB Publishes Annual Report
- Litigants in Person Guidelines
- Cyber Crime on the Increase
- Magistrates’ and Crown Courts to get wi-fi by October 2015.
- CILEx Regulation appoints new Chief Executive
- LSB launches regulator survey
- SRA launches small firms team
- Legal aid change for Welsh homeless
- Janet Paraskeva to be Chair of CLC
- Law Society publishes latest Annual Statistics Report
- SRA Bank Scam Warning
- Handbook Reaches version 13
- ILEX Professional Standards’ becomes 'CILEx Regulation'
- SRA issues telephone scams warning
- SRA to stop regulating insolvency practitioners
- Legal action started over government's 'flat tax' on court fees
- Bogus law firms ‘on the rise’
- Nationwide to require solicitor panel to be CQS accredited
- New CPD Approach begins in April
- SRA issues Confidentiality Guidance
- QC launches social networking site
- FCA agrees to consumer credit extension
- Concerns over protection of professional communications
- IPS launches entity regulation
- SRA warns about client account usage
- Changes to CLC Handbook
- Interim CEO appointed at Legal Ombudsman
- Law Society produces property practice notes
- SRA begins revocation of practising certificates
- LSB consults on strategic and business plans
- Bank details scam warning
- LSB rejects PII reduction proposal
- IPS to begin regulating businesses in New Year
- SRA – second consultation on accountants' reports
- LSB cost of regulation survey soars beyond target
- Second Risk Outlook gets autumn update
- BSB's new approach helps struggling chambers
- CLC supports Probate Apprenticeships
- LSB approve ABS licensing changes
- CILEx to begin authorising conveyancing and probate practitioners
- Ombudsman calls for government re-think on wills
- LSB announces new Chief Executive
- New portal to deliver improved services for LeO
- LSB launches cost of regulation survey
- SRA publishes further training consultation
- SRA increases anti money laundering involvement
- Law Society launches "Use a Professional. Use a Solicitor" campaign
- Legal apprenticeships
- SRA Forced to shelve PII reforms
- CLC issues bogus firm warning
- Law Society announces new chief executive
- CILEx announces new CEO
- BSB launches entity regulation consultation
- SRA appoints new chair
- CILEx Launch Paralegal Enquiry
- BSB publishes Barristers' Working Lives Report
- SRA produce will writing guidance
- Consumer Contract Regulations
- SRA publishes criminal tendering support
- SRA Proposes Regulatory Reform
- Vigilance urged by Law Society as cyber attack costs soar
- Joint Advocacy Group statement on QASA registration timetable
- SRA updates consumer credit work guidance
- Most firms able to renew PII says survey
- New Chair for Legal Services Board
- SRA Risk Index Updated
- Law Society warns against Land Registry privatisation
- Full practice rights for CILEx members
- Barrister Complaints Guidance
- BIS consults on new service delivery company for Land Registry
- Solicitors using social media more
- SRA causes controversy by publishing details of firms without insurance
- SRA warns firms to engage over insurance position
- LSB approves CILEx independent practice application
- LPC student numbers fall
- Firms fail to declare lack of PII
- Social Media and Contempt of Court
- Change to barrister CPD
- SRA to take targeted approach to training
- SRA advice to firms without PII
- SRA Risk Papers
- Firms warned to declare PII position
- BSB launches new chambers' supervision strategy
- 153 firms in professional indemnity cessation period
- Transitional period changes for LDPs
- SRA statement on consumer credit work
- SRA proposes radical and wide-ranging changes to legal education and training
- SRA appoints new director of education and training
- SRA Consults on File Storage Costs
- 185 firms apply for the extended indemnity period
- CILEx launch new route into legal profession
- SRA Handbook hits version 8
- Registrations begin for QASA
- Law Society warns of consumer threat
- SRA Appoints New Chief Executive
- Firms may need their own credit licence
- SRA to "empower" consumers
- LSB publishes future regulation proposals
- New PII option for small firms unveiled
- Law Society launches Wills and Inheritance Quality Scheme
- Look out for the lion: LeO takes solicitor to Court for contempt
- TPO's Sales Code approved by the Trading Standards Institute
- Joint Advocacy Group publish new QASA Handbook
- Scottish separate representation vote likely to be close
- CLC targets conflict and complaint handling
- SRA publishes Risk Outlook
- Law Society publishes flood risk guidance
- SRA clarifies approach to referral fee ban
- Grayling rejects will writing as a reserved activity
- Applications to remain on roll
- SRA to get tough with failing firms
- SRA Chief Executive to step down
- SRA launches version 7 of the Handbook
- New Rules for Claims Management Companies
- LSB reports on performance of regulators in the legal services sector
- SRA warns that firms risk missing COLPs and COFAs approvals deadline
- CLC opposes coneyancing referral ban
- SRA confirms fees structure for 2012/13
- Second paper published by Legal Education and Training Review Team
- CML issues new seperate representation instructions
- SRA Handbook goes to version 4
- LSCP urges widening of Legal Ombudsman complainants
- SRA looks at best way forward for referral fee ban
- SRA Board makes financial protection plans
- SRA announces decision on minimum salary for trainees
- Eddie Stobart – barrister at law?
- Diversity among judges to be promoted
- Regulators agree to share information
- SRA announces names of first ABSs
- Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank back Law Society Conveyancing Scheme
- Junior Lawyers call for minimum wage consultation delay
- SRA releases advice on recruiting COLPs and COFAs
- BSB & Bar Council launch Barrister Connect
- SRA to maintain fees structure
- Online parental support hub launched by Bar Council
- SRA postpones COLP & COFA registrations
- Law Society consults about conveyancing forms
- Law Society to lobby SRA to extend run-off scheme
- SRA issues SDLT Scheme Warning
- LeO changes postal address
- ABS applications to SRA approach 100 in first month
- IBA publishes global report on social networking and the legal profession
- Scottish Law Society opens latest stage of constitution consultation
- Law Society of Scotland publishes equality strategy
- Law Society President predicts solicitors and barristers will come closer together
- Law firms could face claims for overpaid legal aid
- SRA issues PPI responsibilities reminder
- Bar Council and Bar Standards Board Publish 'Bar Barometer'
- Cloud computing guidance
- SRA to consult on minumum salary for trainees
- Otterburn survey – continuing merger activity
- Ministry of Justice launches triennial review
- Law Society urges social networking caution
- Law Society and SRA to move to Birmingham
- Law Society supports firms in developing flexible working
- BSB seeks easier route for public to instruct Bar
- Bar Council Calls for Contingent Legal Aid Fund Support
- SRA announces start date for ABS applications
- LSCP calls for strengthening of legal quality marks
- SRA calls for all legal services to be regulated
- Bar Council warning over legal aid cuts
- SRA Consults on Financial Protection
- SRA to roll out relationship management approach to larger firms
- ILEX Awarded Legal Charter
- LSB publishes new research into regulation of city firms
- LSB publishes referral fee decision
- SRA publishes work-based learning report
- New rules to help barristers undertaking international work
- SRA approves new Qualified Assurance Scheme for Criminal Advocates
- SRA Board approves key changes to financial protection
- Law Society backs SRA's ABS proposal
- LSB publishes assessment of first-tier complaints-handling arrangements
- Law Society of Scotland puts forward new constitution
- Law Society calls for separate representation evidence
- SRA streamlines student enrolment
- SRA publish ABS impact assessment
- Profits of some UK law firms increase despite global fee income slowdown
- Law Society of Scotland seeks views on "regulated profession" definition
- Bar Council warns that costs reduction must safeguard access to justice
- Law Society launches legal aid campaign
- Bar Council Warns against DIY law
- CLC first to apply to regulate ABS
- Scottish traineeships on the increase
- Supreme Court Issues Tweeting Guidance
- Law Society proposes ARP replacement
- SRA Fraud Warning
- Seven firms sign up for second wave of relationship management pilot
- Bar Council Calls for the Prohibition of Referral Fees
- TheKnowList to launch CSR programme
- LeO consults on equality and human rights
- LSB proposes diversity transparency increase
- FLBA Warns of Consequences of Civil Legal Aid Cuts
- LSB launches "secret" will shopper
- Land Registry consultation on land registration and the LSA
- Bar Council chair calls for diversification
- Conveyancing rights for ILEX members
- Law Society calls for greater ethics emphasis
- Future client financial protection arrangements
- SRA proposes major changes to insurance arrangements
- SRA unveils how OFR will be delivered
- Legal regulators launch major education and training review
- IOP to produce transatlantic competency standards
- Paralegals to become eligible to apply for judicial appointment
- ILCA now officially ILFM
- LSCP proposes legal quality audits
- SRA reveals plans for ABS
- SRA appoints independent reviewer for complaints
- Fitness to stand trial
- SRA report on client financial protection arrangements
- Solicitors warned about store-card fraud
- LSB publishes decisions on levy arrangements
- CLC Outcomes-Focused Regulation Consultation
- Law Society issues compromise agreement warning
- Law Society launch conveyancing quality scheme
- SRA launches further handbook consultation
- SRA appoints Chief Adviser on City law firms
- First firms sign up for SRA relationship management pilot
- Property and registration fraud practice note
- MSPs vote in favour of the introduction of ABS
- SRA's enforcement action on ARP shows results
- LSB announces proposal for referral arrangements
- Society launches PII help scheme
- SRA announces rule changes
- The Institute of Legal Cashiers and Administrators to change name
- SRA launches new Qualified Lawyer Transfer Scheme
- ILEX apply for probate rights
- News 2010
- Bar Council Calls for the Prohibition of Referral Fees
- TheKnowList to launch CSR programme
- LeO consults on equality and human rights
- LSB proposes diversity transparency increase
- FLBA Warns of Consequences of Civil Legal Aid Cuts
- LSB launches "secret" will shopper
- Land Registry consultation on land registration and the LSA
- Bar Council chair calls for diversification
- Conveyancing rights for ILEX members
- Law Society calls for greater ethics emphasis
- Future client financial protection arrangements
- SRA proposes major changes to insurance arrangements
- SRA unveils how OFR will be delivered
- Legal regulators launch major education and training review
- IOP to produce transatlantic competency standards
- Paralegals to become eligible to apply for judicial appointment
- ILCA now officially ILFM
- LSCP proposes legal quality audits
- SRA reveals plans for ABS
- SRA appoints independent reviewer for complaints
- Fitness to stand trial
- SRA report on client financial protection arrangements
- Solicitors warned about store-card fraud
- LSB publishes decisions on levy arrangements
- CLC Outcomes-Focused Regulation Consultation
- Law Society issues compromise agreement warning
- Law Society launch conveyancing quality scheme
- SRA launches further handbook consultation
- SRA appoints Chief Adviser on City law firms
- First firms sign up for SRA relationship management pilot
- Property and registration fraud practice note
- MSPs vote in favour of the introduction of ABS
- SRA's enforcement action on ARP shows results
- LSB announces proposal for referral arrangements
- Society launches PII help scheme
- SRA announces rule changes
- The Institute of Legal Cashiers and Administrators to change name
- SRA launches new Qualified Lawyer Transfer Scheme
- ILEX apply for probate rights
- News 2011
- Law Society supports firms in developing flexible working
- BSB seeks easier route for public to instruct Bar
- Bar Council Calls for Contingent Legal Aid Fund Support
- SRA announces start date for ABS applications
- LSCP calls for strengthening of legal quality marks
- SRA calls for all legal services to be regulated
- Bar Council warning over legal aid cuts
- SRA Consults on Financial Protection
- SRA to roll out relationship management approach to larger firms
- ILEX Awarded Legal Charter
- LSB publishes new research into regulation of city firms
- LSB publishes referral fee decision
- SRA publishes work-based learning report
- New rules to help barristers undertaking international work
- SRA approves new Qualified Assurance Scheme for Criminal Advocates
- SRA Board approves key changes to financial protection
- Law Society backs SRA's ABS proposal
- LSB publishes assessment of first-tier complaints-handling arrangements
- Law Society of Scotland puts forward new constitution
- Law Society calls for separate representation evidence
- SRA streamlines student enrolment
- SRA publish ABS impact assessment
- Profits of some UK law firms increase despite global fee income slowdown
- Law Society of Scotland seeks views on "regulated profession" definition
- Bar Council warns that costs reduction must safeguard access to justice
- Law Society launches legal aid campaign
- Bar Council Warns against DIY law
- CLC first to apply to regulate ABS
- Scottish traineeships on the increase
- Supreme Court Issues Tweeting Guidance
- Law Society proposes ARP replacement
- SRA Fraud Warning
- Seven firms sign up for second wave of relationship management pilot
- News 2014
- Interim CEO appointed at Legal Ombudsman
- Law Society produces property practice notes
- SRA begins revocation of practising certificates
- LSB consults on strategic and business plans
- Bank details scam warning
- LSB rejects PII reduction proposal
- IPS to begin regulating businesses in New Year
- SRA – second consultation on accountants' reports
- LSB cost of regulation survey soars beyond target
- Second Risk Outlook gets autumn update
- BSB's new approach helps struggling chambers
- CLC supports Probate Apprenticeships
- LSB approve ABS licensing changes
- CILEx to begin authorising conveyancing and probate practitioners
- Ombudsman calls for government re-think on wills
- LSB announces new Chief Executive
- New portal to deliver improved services for LeO
- LSB launches cost of regulation survey
- LSB Chair warns of need to prepare for change
- SRA publishes further training consultation
- SRA increases anti money laundering involvement
- Law Society launches "Use a Professional. Use a Solicitor" campaign
- Legal apprenticeships
- SRA Forced to shelve PII reforms
- CLC issues bogus firm warning
- Law Society announces new chief executive
- CILEx announces new CEO
- BSB launches entity regulation consultation
- SRA appoints new chair
- CILEx Launch Paralegal Enquiry
- BSB publishes Barristers' Working Lives Report
- SRA produce will writing guidance
- Consumer Contract Regulations
- SRA publishes criminal tendering support
- SRA Proposes Regulatory Reform
- Vigilance urged by Law Society as cyber attack costs soar
- Joint Advocacy Group statement on QASA registration timetable
- SRA updates consumer credit work guidance
- Most firms able to renew PII says survey
- New Chair for Legal Services Board
- SRA Risk Index Updated
- Law Society warns against Land Registry privatisation
- Full practice rights for CILEx members
- Barrister Complaints Guidance
- BIS consults on new service delivery company for Land Registry
- Solicitors using social media more
- SRA causes controversy by publishing details of firms without insurance
- SRA warns firms to engage over insurance position
- News 2015
- The use of experts in family law
- Bar Council issues guide to tackling sexual harassment
- CILEx 7 year rule abolished for Legal Executives
- SRA proposes new solicitor qualifying examination
- Chancellor's statement hits PI firms
- Another new regulatory model – more of the same?
- Transgender guidance
- Land Registry warns of fake emails
- SRA consumer credit proposals pass next hurdle
- SME legal needs remain unmet LSB research reveals
- SAHCA launches referral portal
- BSB consults on yet more flexibility for barristers
- Regulators consult on minor changes to QASA
- Change to sole practitioner authorisation
- Law Society updates guidance on EU Directive on Consumer ADR
- LSB considers regulatory burdens on in-house lawyers
- SRA agrees to regulate consumer credit
- SRA to further cut red tape
- Law Society of Scotland to respond to legal market changes
- Practising Certificate Renewals
- LSB publishes legislative options paper
- SRA Issues criminal legal action guidance
- Law Society welcomes CHAPS extension
- LSB Chief Executive to step down
- Reporting Accountants' requirements relaxed
- CLC Move to London
- LeO sets out strategy and business priorities
- LSB Publishes Annual Report
- Litigants in Person Guidelines
- Cyber Crime on the Increase
- Magistrates’ and Crown Courts to get wi-fi by October 2015.
- CILEx Regulation appoints new Chief Executive
- LSB launches regulator survey
- SRA launches small firms team
- Legal aid change for Welsh homeless
- Janet Paraskeva to be Chair of CLC
- Law Society publishes latest Annual Statistics Report
- SRA Bank Scam Warning
- Handbook Reaches version 13
- ILEX Professional Standards’ becomes 'CILEx Regulation'
- SRA issues telephone scams warning
- SRA to stop regulating insolvency practitioners
- Legal action started over government's 'flat tax' on court fees
- Bogus law firms ‘on the rise’
- Nationwide to require solicitor panel to be CQS accredited
- New CPD Approach begins in April
- SRA issues Confidentiality Guidance
- QC launches social networking site
- FCA agrees to consumer credit extension
- Concerns over protection of professional communications
- IPS launches entity regulation
- SRA warns about client account usage
- Changes to CLC Handbook
- News 2016
- Law Society urges de-regulation caution
- Law Society backs call for cold-calling ban
- SRA to encourage firms to offer new services in new ways
- LSB launches ABS survey
- Conveyancing theft main law firm cybercrime issue
- Views Required on LSB & LeO
- Scots Issue Cyber Security Warning
- Law Society Welcomes Government AML Stance
- SRA issues investment schemes warning
- Exiting the EU: An update for lawyers
- LSB publishes regulatory framework proposals
- BSB launches survey on the future of legal services delivery
- Law Society Rejects LSCP Fee Information Proposal
- LeO Highlights Lawyer Failings
- CMA Publishes Interim Report
- 2016/2017 Fee Levels
- LSB updates consumer complaints guidance for regulators
- Review of restrictions on choice of PII insurer
- Bar regulator to address unfair treatment of women at the Bar
- LSB research reveals extent of unregulated providers market shares
- SRA publishes PC fees
- McKenzie Friends in family courts to come under microscope
- Law Society continues fight against organised crime
- Law Society expresses strong reservations over Land Registry privatisation plans
- SRA highlights importance of wellbeing for solicitors
- Largest ever legal needs survey in England and Wales
- Anti-corruption statement from professional bodies across the UK
- Insurance change would increase flexibility for firms
- 6 months to training change
- Barristers predict an increase in public access work
- LSB states the obvious!
- SRA Handbook reaches version 16
- Law Society of Scotland pushes for reform
- Law Firm Database
- SRA issues personal injury fraud warning
- 2020 end to post run-off insurance cover
- Bar Council tackles sexual harassment
- Public Support for Independent Regulation
- LSB report on in-house regulation
- Law Society of Scotland issues guides for new parents
- Bar Council issues revised money laundering guidance
- LSB approves SRA reserved activity rule change
- Report calls for tougher action against dishonest solicitors
- Discriminatory instructions guidance from Bar Council
- SRA publishes consumer credit toolkit
- News 2017
- Research reveals poor record for complaint handling
- Money Laundering Continues to be a Problem
- Civil standard of proof for barrister professional misconduct proceedings
- SRA finalises new exam regulations
- Consumers can benefit by comparing the price of legal services
- Bar Council Launches New Ethics and Practice Website
- Law Society Criticises Criminal Defence Fee Cuts
- Training and Qualification of Barristers
- Second Phase of SRA Handbook Revision Published
- SRA publishes new information proposals
- ICAEW’s application to become a regulator rejected
- Draft anti-money laundering guidance
- Improving fortunes for smaller Scottish law firms
- SRA PPI Warning
- Offensive communications warning notice
- Legal Ombudsman announces new chief executive
- Law Society of Scotland publishes 'Who is your client?' guide for in-house lawyers
- SRA repeats ‘too good to be true’ investment warning
- New guide for Scottish solicitors on averting cyber attacks
- New immigration and asylum guidance for public and professionals
- LSB to research vulnerable consumers’ experience of legal services
- Litigating Accountants
- Practising Certificate Fee Consultation
- New Handbook Announced
- Uneconomic Legal Aid Work
- Law Society warns not to ignore GDPR
- BSB consults on disciplinary standard of proof
- Future of Bar training
- SRA publishes family law research
- Legal Professional Privilege Practice Note
- Scottish legal aid system ‘needs urgent overhaul’
- CILEx unveils radical governance reform
- LSB revises its diversity guidance
- Scottish solicitor traineeship numbers rise
- CILEx oppose Government whiplash plans
- Fairer Pay Proposal for Advocates
- News 2018
- LSB publishes report on legal innovation
- CILEx warns leasehold reform must tackle managing agents
- SRA Digital Badge launched
- Solicitors reminded to adhere to their litigation obligations
- BSB introduces new intervention rules
- SRA introducing SQE in autumn 2021
- Date for New transparency Rules
- SRA urges caution over new legal business partners
- Third of Scottish Solicitors have Experienced Violence or Threats
- BSB seeks views on draft of new Bar transparency rules
- Law Society predicts growth in legal sector will halve if Britain crashes out of EU
- Reports of money laundering, cybercrime and dubious investment schemes all on the rise
- CILEx approved as ABS licensing authority
- BSB explains how it assures competence at the Bar
- SRA approach to European Insurance Distribution Directive approved
- Guide to finding EU law online
- Appointment of a new Chair to the Legal Services Board
- SRA announces detail of regulatory reforms
- SRA sets 2018/19 contributions to the Compensation Fund
- CILEx Launches Monthly Compendium
- SRA publishes research on trainee salaries
- Bar Council backs calls to end harassment at the Bar
- SRA sees accountant report numbers fall
- CILEx launches consultation in next stage of reforms
- Law Society warns of criminal defence lawyer extinction
- Bar Standards Board publishes guide on with vulnerable immigration clients
- SRA calls on firms to reduce level of PPI fees
- LSB gives go-ahead on first stage of solicitor qualification reforms
- New approach to improve transparency for clients of the Bar
- CLC aims to be ‘regulator of choice’ by 2022
- Redemption Statements Scam
- LSB publishes further research on legal needs of SMEs
- LSB gives approval for the ACCA to start authorising probate activities
- Diversity at the Bar
- New AML rules lead to mandatory information request
- SRA issues revised PI Warning Notice
- News 2019
- Law Society Election and Justice Warning
- OLC seeks new chair
- Fifth of law firms fail on money laundering compliance
- Legal services for those with disabilities
- BSB modernises decision-making
- SRA Consults on Corporate Strategy
- Technology could unlock justice
- Bar Council launches anti-bullying and harassment tool
- Scottish solicitors vote for below inflationary practising certificate fee rise
- Law Society envisages no-deal Brexit slowdown
- SRA publishes new rule guidance
- BSB Handbook introduces new Bar transparency rules
- Women in Law Pledge
- Scottish Legal Aid Consultation
- LSB announces new Chief Executive
- SRA Publishes 2017/18 Review
- SSDT consults on standard of proof
- SRA review shows firms falling short on anti-money laundering
- Lawyers Need to be Online
- Growth in "Irish" Solicitors
- Increased Clarity for Scottish Solicitors
- SRA Raises Transparency Concerns
- SRA to launch new regulations in November
- New Freehold Management Enquiries (FME1) form
- Firms put on notice for money laundering compliance checks
- Scottish Solicitors Opt for Law Society Regulation
- Bar Council Advice on Judicial Bullying
- SDLT Payment Times Reduced
- Law Society concerned over the LSB's Handbook decision
- Revised Enforcement Strategy from SRA
- Law Society of Scotland launches reporting concerns line
- News 2020
- Law Society of Scotland produces transparency guidance
- Law Society issues legal justice warning
- Legal sector must become more accessible
- Diversity Access Scheme
- Compensation Fund changes consultation
- BSB publishes 2019 Enforcement Report
- Fifth Directive places new requirements on law firms
- Law Society welcomes SRA PII Proposals