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Third time unlucky for solicitor as High Court rejects challenge to strike-off
Thursday, 21 November 2013It was third time unlucky for a solicitor whose striking-off had twice been overturned by the High Court, as Mr Justice Mostyn yesterday rejected his challenge to the latest decision to remove him from the roll.
Tags: Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Legal Executives, Solicitors
SRA: Law Society “inadvertently” makes case for independent regulation
Wednesday, 11 September 2013The Law Society’s bid to regain responsibility for much of the regulation of solicitors has “inadvertently” made the case for completely independent regulation, a leading figure at the Solicitors Regulation Authority has claimed.
Tags: Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, ILEX Professional Standards, Law Society, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Legal Executives, Solicitors
Reed Smith thinks big by signing up to major work experience initiative
Friday, 26 April 2013US/UK law firm Reed Smith becomes first legal practice to sign up to a major initiative aimed at opening up access to work experience opportunities to anyone with an Internet connection. The firm has joined the likes of ITN, Capgemini, MediaCom, ZenithMedia, Channel 4 and Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen.
Tags: Chartered Institute of Legal Executives
Posted in hrtraining, Latest news
Here comes the legal executive law firm as CILEx applies for independent practice rights
Tuesday, 26 March 2013The prospect of chartered legal executives setting up their own law firms moved closer to reality yesterday after their regulator submitted an application for the full range of independent practice rights. It has won immediate support from a Conservative MP.
Tags: Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, chartered legal executives, CILEX, ILEX Professional Standards, reserved legal activities
Posted in Latest news, Legal Executives, Legal Services Board
CILEx and CLC confirm bids to become will-writer regulators
Friday, 15 February 2013The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives and Council for Licensed Conveyancers have thrown their hats into the ring to regulate will-writers, amid further criticism of the Legal Services Board’s decision not to extend regulation to estate administration.
Tags: Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, CILEX, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, ILEX Professional Standards, Institute of Professional Will-writers, Legal Services Board, Solicitors Regulation Authority, will-writing
Posted in Latest news, Legal Executives, Legal Services Board, Other lawyers
Consumer panel attacks regulators for not making lawyer registers available to comparison websites
Monday, 28 January 2013Legal regulators have failed to open up their professional registers containing disciplinary information to price comparison websites, despite having been instructed to do so by the Legal Services Board, the Legal Services Consumer Panel has complained.
Tags: bar standards board, Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, Costs Lawyer Standards Board, ILEX Professional Standards, Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, price comparison, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, Consumer panel, Latest news, Legal Executives, Other lawyers, Solicitors
From school-leavers to lawyers – CILEx and College of Law strike ‘one-stop shop’ training deal
Thursday, 8 November 2012The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) has formed a strategic collaboration with the College of Law to offer legal employers training options for all staff, from school leavers to fully qualified lawyers.
Tags: Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, legal education and training review, LETR
Posted in hrtraining, Latest news
Legal executives’ regulator sets sights on new practice rights and ABS licensing
Tuesday, 21 August 2012The process of enabling chartered legal executives to set up their own practices has begun with their regulator looking for the power to award them rights to conduct litigation, conveyancing and probate without needing the supervision of a solicitor.
Tags: Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, ILEX Professional Standards, reserved legal activities
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Legal Executives
New CILEx president: give us independent practice rights
Wednesday, 11 July 2012The absence of independent practice rights for chartered legal executives has created a series of “absurdities” and there is no sensible reason to deny those rights, the incoming president of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives has claimed.
Tags: Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, chartered legal executives, conveyancing, ILEX Professional Standards, Legal Services Board, practice rights, probate
Posted in Latest news, Legal Executives
In brief: regulators reassure firms over RBS ‘breaches’, £1m apprenticeships boost and more
Monday, 25 June 2012Our latest round-up of key news includes the SRA and CLC offering relief to solicitors in breach because of RBS/NatWest computer problems, £1m of government money for legal apprenticeships, a destination for dormant client money, the Co-op’s new will-writing partnership, and much more.
Tags: Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, Co-op, conveyancing quality scheme, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, CQS, personal injury, Solicitors Accounts Rules, Solicitors Regulation Authority, will-writing
Posted in Accounts rules, Latest news, News In Brief
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Five key issues to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech
As generative AI starts to play a bigger role in our working lives, there are some key issues that your law firm needs to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech.
Bulk litigation – not always working in consumers interests
For consumers to get the benefit, bulk litigation needs to be done well, and we are increasingly concerned that there are significant problems in some areas of this market.
ABSs, cost and audits – fixing regulation after Axiom Ince
A feature of law firm collapses and frauds has sometimes been the over-concentration of power in outdated and overburdened systems of control.
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