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Regan: no doubt Jackson will come into force but how will “twitchy” solicitors react?
Monday, 17 October 2011There is “no scintilla of doubt” that the Jackson reforms will be implemented but “twitchy solicitors” may play into the hands of civil servants by charging lower success fees – or even no success fees at all – as a result, a leading costs expert has said.
Tags: Association of Costs Lawyers, costs, Jackson report
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Bar Council fails governance test again while Law Society goes to the wire
Monday, 26 September 2011The Bar Council is once again not compliant with the rules on ensuring the independence of its regulatory arm, the Legal Services Board has decided – while the Law Society’s compliance remains unresolved. But the Bar Council has been given one more year to get its house in order.
Tags: Association of Costs Lawyers, Bar Council, bar standards board, Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, ILEX, Institute of Legal Executives, Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, Law Society, Legal Services Board, Solicitors Regulation Authority
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Solicitors risk “huge losses” under Jackson reforms
Thursday, 15 September 2011The national costs management pilot being rolled out next month will put law firms in danger of huge losses, a leading expert has warned. Professor Dominic Regan said costs management will place much greater emphasis and scrutiny to produce detailed and accurate budgets.
Tags: Association of Costs Lawyers, costs
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Rule committee approves three costs pilots and reverses controversial Carver ruling
Tuesday, 23 August 2011There will be three different costs pilots running from this autumn as the impact of the Jackson report spreads, the Civil Procedure Rule Committee has decided. It has also accepted the report’s recommendation to reverse the Court of Appeal’s highly controversial Carver ruling.
Tags: Association of Costs Lawyers, costs, Jackson report
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ILEX is first to receive LSB clean bill of health on regulatory independence
Friday, 22 July 2011The Institute of Legal Executives is the first approved regulator to receive a clean bill of health for its internal governance arrangements for 2011. The Legal Services Board is currently reviewing the regulatory independence certificates submitted by each approved regulator where there is also a linked representative body. There is no news yet on either the Law Society or Bar Council’s certificates.
Tags: Association of Costs Lawyers, Bar Council, bar standards board, Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, Costs Lawyer Standards Board, ILEX, ILEX Professional Standards, Institute of Legal Executives, Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, Intellectual Property Regulation Board, IPReg, Law Society, Legal Services Board, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Legal Executives, Legal Services Board, News, Other lawyers, Regulation
A single regulator for all lawyers post-ABS is “logical and plausible”, says LSB report
Monday, 27 June 2011A single regulator for all legal services is “logical and plausible”, but not inevitable, a report for the Legal Services Board has concluded. Former Ministry of Justice official Nick Smedley argued that the existence of multiple regulators “focused on the differences of individual practitioners” is unlikely to be relevant in a post-alternative business structures market.
Tags: Association of Costs Lawyers, Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, CLC, Costs Lawyer Standards Board, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, ILEX, ILEX Professional Standards, Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, IPReg, Legal Services Board, Master of the Faculties
Posted in Barristers, Legal Executives, Legal Services Board, News, Other lawyers, Solicitors
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Keeping the conversation going beyond Pride Month
As I reflect on all the celebrations of Pride Month 2024, I ask myself why there remains hesitancy amongst LGBTQ+ staff members about when it comes to being open about their identity in the workplace.
Third-party managed accounts: Your key questions answered
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has given strong indications that it is headed towards greater restrictions on law firms when it comes to handling client money.
Understanding vicarious trauma in the legal workplace
Vicarious trauma can happen to anyone who works with clients who have experienced trauma such as domestic or other violence, child abuse, sexual assault, torture or being a refugee.
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