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1532 law keeps English barrister out of Scotland’s highest court
Thursday, 7 May 2015Scotland’s most senior judges have rejected a bid to allow an English barrister to appear before the country’s highest civil court for the first time in nearly 500 years. They said that the College of Justice Act 1532 remains good law.
Tags: rights of audience, Scotland
Posted in Barristers, Latest news
Keep legal executives out of the Crown Court, Rivlin report demands
Tuesday, 31 March 2015A report for the Bar Council on the future of criminal justice and advocacy has recommended that legal executives are kept out of the Crown Courts, while solicitors should only be granted rights of audience if they have undergone the same level of training as barristers.
Tags: advocacy, Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, rights of audience, Rivlin report
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Legal Executives, Legal Services Act, Regulation, Solicitors
When eight into one may go
Thursday, 14 April 2011Charles Plant, the chairman of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), has finally said the unsayable and brought into focus what could well be the long-term future of regulation for lawyers – a single regulator for all, rather than the multiplicity we currently have.
Tags: bar standards board, ILEX Professional Standards, internal governance rules, rights of audience, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Blog
High Court: patent attorneys have wider rights of audience than previously thought
Monday, 7 February 2011Patent attorneys have litigation rights in a wider range of cases than previously thought, including disputes over license agreements and related intellectual property, the High Court has ruled in what is believed to be the first judgement on the scope of patent attorney litigators’ rights.
Tags: Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, rights of audience
Posted in News, Other lawyers
New advocacy scheme goes live on 1 April
Monday, 29 March 2010The new scheme for solicitors to acquire rights of audience will finally go live on 1 April after the Ministry of Justice gave the SRA the go-ahead. Qualification will be through an assessment based on competence standards, with no experience exemption any more.
Tags: rights of audience, SRA
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
Licensed conveyancers seek litigation rights
Tuesday, 16 February 2010The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) is set to apply to the Legal Services Board for the power to grant rights of audience and rights to conduct litigation to licensed conveyancers. It is part of a package of measures aimed at putting the CLC in the position to apply to become an alternative business structures licensing authority.
Tags: licensed conveyancers, reserved activities, rights of audience
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Other lawyers, 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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