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CLC hits back at Lord Chief Justice and Law Society opposition to new rights
Friday, 5 August 2011The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has hit back at opposition from the Lord Chief Justice and the Law Society to its application to grant rights to conduct advocacy and litigation. The Legal Services Board is currently considering the CLC’s application, and as one of its statutory consultees, the Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge has expressed his total opposition.
Tags: advocacy, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, ILEX, ILEX Professional Standards, Institute of Legal Executives, Law Society, Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, litigation rights, Office of Fair Trading, probate, reserved legal activities
Posted in Legal Services Board, News, Other lawyers
SRA board moves to solicitor/lay parity with appointment of ex-LCS chief
Friday, 8 July 2011The board of the Solicitors Regulation Authority this month moved to parity between solicitor and lay ordinary members, ahead of introducing a lay majority in two years’ time. Shamit Saggar, the former chairman of the Legal Complaints Service, joined the board this month as part of a deal with the Legal Services Board.
Tags: bar standards board, ILEX Professional Standards, internal governance rules, Law Society, Legal Complaints Service, legal education and training review, Legal Services Board, Office of Fair Trading, Review 2020, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Legal Services Board, News, Solicitors
LSB may call time on separate business rule over fears it could inhibit ABSs
Wednesday, 6 July 2011The rule which prevents solicitors and in the future alternative business structures (ABSs) from hiving off unreserved legal work into unregulated businesses may stifle new entrants to the market, the Legal Services Board has warned. The board is now considering a review of the rule’s “continuing relevance”.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, Law Society, Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, Office of Fair Trading, separate business rule
Posted in Alternative business structures, Legal Services Board, News, Solicitors
SRA receives green light to license ABSs
Thursday, 16 June 2011The Legal Services Board is to recommend to the Lord Chancellor that the Law Society – through the Solicitors Regulation Authority – become an alternative business structure licensing authority. However, there has been a disagreement over the separate business rule.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, Law Society, Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, Office of Fair Trading, OFR, outcomes-focused regulation, separate business rule, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Alternative business structures, Legal Services Board, News, Solicitors
Council for Licensed Conveyancers wins approval to become first ABS regulator
Wednesday, 11 May 2011The Legal Services Board yesterday approved the Council for Licensed Conveyancers’ application to become the first licensing authority for alternative business structures, despite the opposition of the Lord Chief Justice.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, Legal Serivces Consumer Panel, Legal Services Board, Office of Fair Trading, reserved legal activities
Posted in Alternative business structures, Legal Services Board, News, Other lawyers
OFT opposes will-writer regulation, while banks seek exemption from any new regime
Tuesday, 4 January 2011The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is opposing the regulation of will-writers, saying it may well be disproportionate and unnecessary. It has also emerged that the OFT is working with the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Institute of Professional Will-writers to improve advice to consumers on executor services.
Tags: Institute of Professional Will-writers, Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, Office of Fair Trading, Solicitors Regulation Authority, will-writing
Posted in Consumer panel, News
LSB to 'mystery shop' solicitors and will-writers
Thursday, 9 December 2010The Legal Services Board has unveiled plans to ‘mystery shop’ solicitors and will-writers as part of its research into the market – and is looking for a panel of both to assess the quality of what is produced.
Tags: Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, Office of Fair Trading, Solicitors Regulation Authority, will-writing
Posted in Consumer panel, Legal Services Board, News, 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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