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Consumer panel: “remarkable innovation” in the market but is deregulation going too far?
Friday, 5 December 2014The Legal Services Consumer Panel today expressed concerned that “the recent emphasis on deregulation… is being taken too far”, while also praising the innovation seen to date through alternative business structures.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, deregulation, Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Alternative business structures, Consumer panel, Latest news, Legal Services Act, Legal Services Board
Minimum salary finally to go as LSB approves training deregulation
Tuesday, 10 June 2014The Legal Services Board has approved wide-ranging plans by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to deregulate training, including the delayed demise of the minimum salary.
Tags: deregulation, Legal Services Board, minimum wage, Solicitors Regulation Authority, trainee solicitors
Posted in hrtraining, Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
CLC “disappointed” with ministers on future of regulation
Wednesday, 7 May 2014The Council for Licensed Conveyancers has become the first body to express disappointment with the Ministry of Justice’s announcement last week that it would not be making any major changes to the framework of legal regulation.
Tags: Council for Licensed Conveyancers, deregulation
Posted in Indemnity insurance, Latest news, Legal Services Act, Other lawyers, Regulation
SRA pushes ahead with deregulation of training
Monday, 28 April 2014The Solicitors Regulation Authority is pushing ahead with its plans to deregulate the training of solicitors, despite objections from their professional body. They include scrapping the prescribed form of the training contract.
Tags: deregulation, Solicitors Regulation Authority, SRA
Posted in Latest 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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