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Number of probate firms approved by ICAEW tops 100
Friday, 17 July 2015The number of accountancy firms authorised or licensed by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) to provide probate services has passed 100. The ICAEW has predicted that it will reach 200 by the end of the year.
Tags: ABS, accountants, Alternative business structures, ICAEW, probate
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Legal Services Act
First legal executives granted historic independent practice rights
Monday, 30 March 2015A member of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives who specialises in conveyancing has become the first to receive independent practice rights. A probate specialist and a legal executive who runs his own immigration firm were also granted independent rights.
Tags: chartered legal executives, CILEX Regulation, conveyancing, immigration, practice rights, probate, reserved legal activities
Posted in Latest news, Legal Executives
Peers pave way for new breed of lawyer – licensed probate practitioners
Friday, 6 March 2015The House of Lords has given the Council for Licensed Conveyancers the power to issue standalone licences for people to conduct reserved probate work without them having to become licensed conveyancers first.
Tags: Council for Licensed Conveyancers, probate
Posted in Latest news, Other lawyers
CLC criticises Law Society’s “quasi-regulatory” conveyancing schemes
Friday, 27 February 2015The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has criticised “quasi-regulatory” conveyancing schemes launched by the Law Society which could be seen as “duplicating” the CLC’s work.
Tags: conveyancing, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, Law Society, probate
Posted in Latest news, Other lawyers, Regulation, Solicitors
Law firm secures restraint order against litigant in person
Thursday, 12 February 2015Surrey law firm Downs has secured a civil restraint order against a litigant in person who launched a series of claims described by a High Court judge as “totally without merit”.
Tags: High Court, Litigants-in-person, probate
Posted in Latest news
CLC moves closer to regulating probate specialists
Monday, 9 February 2015The Council for Licensed Conveyancers has moved closer towards its goal of regulating specialist probate lawyers who do not have to be conveyancers.
Tags: Council for Licensed Conveyancers, Deregulation Bill, probate
Posted in Latest news, Legal Services Act, Other lawyers, Regulation
Firms line up to help develop probate apprenticeship
Monday, 27 October 2014The Department for Business Innovation and Skills has given the green light to a 10-firm consortium led by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers to develop a specialist probate apprenticeship.
Tags: Council for Licensed Conveyancers, probate
Posted in Latest news, Other lawyers, Regulation
Parliament gives green light to open up probate and conveyancing rights
Friday, 24 October 2014The House of Lords yesterday gave the final go-ahead for chartered legal executives and others with appropriate expertise to offer probate and conveyancing services without the supervision of solicitors.
Tags: Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, chartered legal executives, conveyancing, practice rights, probate
Posted in Latest news, Legal Executives, Other lawyers
ICAEW authorises first non-ABS firm to carry out probate work
Wednesday, 22 October 2014The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) has authorised the first non-ABS accountancy firm to carry out probate work.
Tags: accountants, Alternative business structures, ICAEW, probate
Posted in Latest news, Legal Services Act, Regulation
Legal executive litigators could be here by November
Wednesday, 1 October 2014Fellows of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executors (CILEx) could be carrying out litigation without supervision by solicitors from the end of November, it has emerged.
Tags: Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, CILEX, conveyancing, Legal Services Board, probate
Posted in Latest news, 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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