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BSB consults on extending cab-rank rule to direct access cases – but comes out against it
Tuesday, 27 June 2017The Bar Standards Board has argued against extending the cab-rank rule to direct access work, on the grounds that access to justice would not improve, it might discourage them from taking instructions from the public, and may lead to clients invoking the rule inappropriately.
Tags: cab rank rule, direct access, public access
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Regulation
First accountancy firm to create ABS takes on second licence
Friday, 11 November 2016The top-30 accountancy firm which in 2013 was the first accountancy practice to acquire an alternative business structure (ABS) licence from the Solicitors Regulation Authority has taken on a second licence from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Tags: ABS, public access
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news
Now barrister ‘named and shamed’ by LeO is suspended for not paying other barristers
Monday, 20 April 2015Tariq Rehman, the first lawyer to be ‘named and shamed’ by the Legal Ombudsman for a series of complaints, has been suspended by a Bar disciplinary tribunal. The tribunal suspended him for failing to pay three other barristers for work they had carried out.
Tags: Bar Tribunals and Adjudication, Legal Ombudsman, public access
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Regulation
‘Named and shamed’ barrister banned from public access work
Tuesday, 13 January 2015Tariq Rehman, the barrister who last month became the first lawyer to be ‘named and shamed’ by the Legal Ombudsman for a series of complaints, has been banned from taking on any new public access cases for the time being.
Tags: bar standards board, immigration, Legal Ombudsman, public access
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Regulation
Exclusive: 1,000 barristers sign up to “game changing” public access scheme
Friday, 9 January 2015More than 1,000 barristers have already signed up to a “game changing” initiative that aims to smooth the way for consumers and businesses to use public access, Legal Futures can reveal.
Tags: public access
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Marketing & PR
Public access exemption for foreign clients coming to an end
Monday, 13 January 2014The freedom for barristers to accept direct instructions from lay foreign clients – or from lay clients in England and Wales for a foreign matter – without having to undertake public access training is rapidly coming to an end.
Tags: bar standards board, public access
Posted in Barristers, Latest news
BSB opens up public access to baby barristers
Friday, 4 October 2013Junior barristers with less than three years’ practising experience can now undertake public access work. Existing public access barristers will also have up to two years to undertake additional top-up training or cease to conduct public access work.
Tags: bar standards board, public access
Posted in Barristers, Latest news
Exclusive: first direct access website for barristers to bid for work goes live – and it’s free
Tuesday, 25 June 2013A free online ‘community resource’ that enables direct access barristers to tender for clients’ work has been launched by the head of a London chambers. CallMyBarrister.com goes live today with a “unique tendering model” that its founder compared to that of a dating website.
Tags: direct access, public access
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Market monitor
Chambers becomes first ABS licensed by the SRA without a solicitor
Tuesday, 11 June 2013A London chambers has become the first alternative business structure licensed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority that does not have any solicitors. Richmond Chambers LLP is a niche immigration set that focuses on direct access work.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, direct access, public access, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Market monitor
Fresh cab-rank rule row as LSB approves public access reforms
Tuesday, 2 April 2013The Legal Services Board has criticised the Bar Standards Board’s failure to apply the cab-rank rule to public access work and said this omission will reduce the impact of rule changes that widen the scope for barristers dealing directly with clients.
Tags: Bar Council, bar standards board, cab rank rule, legal aid, Legal Services Act, Legal Services Board, public access
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Legal Services Board
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