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CILEx urges end to discrimination against non-university qualified lawyers
Monday, 15 August 2016The body representing chartered legal executives has called on the profession to end discrimination against lawyers who have qualified through non-university routes and open up the senior judiciary to those entered the law by alternative means.
Tags: CILEX, Legal Executives
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Solicitors to bear vast bulk of LSB and Legal Ombudsman’s £25m annual running costs
Monday, 1 November 2010Solicitors are set to shoulder the vast majority of the Legal Services Board (LSB) and Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO) £25m annual running costs for the next three years at least, it emerged today. The LSB confirmed that it would proceed with its plan to levy its own £5m costs on the basis of the number of authorised persons overseen by each approved regulator, and most of LeO’s £20m costs based on the number of complaints generated by each group.
Tags: Bar Council, Barristers, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, Institute of Legal Executives, Law Society, Legal Executives, Legal Ombudsman, Legal Services Act, Legal Services Board, Master of the Faculties, Solicitors, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, Legal Executives, Legal Ombudsman, Legal Services Board, News, Other lawyers, Regulation, Solicitors
What’s in a name? Quite a lot, actually
Monday, 8 February 2010I’m not sure whether or not it is ironic that the Legal Services Act – which in many senses in a deregulatory measure – may well end up delivering tighter regulation of legal services in some ways.
Tags: ILEX, Legal Executives, Regulation
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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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