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Not-for-profit criminal firm takes business-like approach and plots future civil work
Monday, 15 May 2017The first not-for-profit criminal law firm – which opened its doors last month – has underlined its intention to generate surpluses like any other business; it will just distribute them differently. The firm is arranged as a co-operative and set up as a community interest company.
Tags: not-for-profit
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Not-for-profit’s groundbreaking ABS eyes expansion
Wednesday, 4 June 2014In the third part of our series in which we catch up on the progress of the new breed of alternative business structures (ABSs), we speak to Castle Park Solicitors, which was the first ABS to be created by a legal advice charity.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, not-for-profit
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news
Exclusive: legal advice charity becomes first not-for-profit to set up an ABS
Friday, 26 April 2013A legal advice charity in Leicester has become the first not-for-profit organisation to set up an alternative business structure (ABS), Legal Futures can reveal. The Community Advice and Law Service has won approval to launch Castle Park Solicitors Community Interest Company.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, not-for-profit
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Market monitor
Survey: not-for-profits eye charging for advice to survive LASPO
Monday, 8 April 2013Nearly a fifth of not-for-profit legal advice centres are planning to charge for services as a strategy to survive cuts in legal aid, a study into the impact of the reforms has revealed. But the study found widespread fear of redundancy across the sector.
Tags: legal aid, Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act, not-for-profit
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Allow not-for-profit agencies to charge, says LSB as it delays date for them to become ABSs
Thursday, 6 December 2012Not-for-profit (NFP) advice agencies should be allowed to charge for providing legal services soon, the Legal Services Board said yesterday, while also announcing a delay in the creation of an alternative business structure licensing scheme until at least April 2015 because no regulator is ready to provide it.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, not-for-profit, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news
Law centre submits ABS application as not-for-profit sector gears up for legal aid cuts
Monday, 5 November 2012A north London law centre is on course to become the first owner of a not-for-profit alternative business structure, subject to receiving approval. The venture is an example of government-approved efforts by law centres to mitigate the effects of legal aid cuts.
Tags: legal aid, Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act, not-for-profit
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news
Pioneering webcam legal advice service ties up with Citizens Advice Bureau
Thursday, 26 July 2012Instant Law – the legal video-conferencing business that currently offers its service through major libraries in London and Birmingham – is to move into the not-for-profit sector next month by partnering with Greenwich Citizens Advice Bureau in London.
Tags: Citizens Advice, not-for-profit
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Consumer panel: lift ban on law centres and other not-for-profit advisers charging for work
Friday, 13 July 2012The ban on law centres and other not-for-profit organisations charging for advice should be lifted as part of plans to bring them into the alternative business structure regime, the Legal Services Consumer Panel has said.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, not-for-profit, reserved legal activities, separate business rule
Posted in Alternative business structures, Consumer panel, Latest news
Not-for-profit providers “should be able to charge” for legal advice
Monday, 23 April 2012Law centres and other not-for-profit organisations should be allowed to charge for advice to help counter the impact of legal aid cuts and reduced local authority funding, the Legal Services Board said today.
Tags: Citizens Advice, Legal Services Board, not-for-profit
Posted in Latest news, Legal Services Board, Market monitor
Djanogly: ABSs helping to create conditions for legal aid firms “to flourish”
Monday, 19 March 2012The legal aid reforms will open up opportunities for law firms, with alternative business structures (ABSs) offering one way to exploit them, justice minister Jonathan Djanogly claimed last week. The significance of ABSs “cannot be overstated”, he said.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, legal aid, Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, not-for-profit
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news
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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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