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Consumer panel: strip incompetent QCs of their rank as part of bid to improve quality marks
Thursday, 24 November 2011QCs should lose their title if they fall below an acceptable standard, the Legal Services Consumer Panel suggested today in a report that calls on legal bodies that run voluntary quality schemes to improve checks on lawyers’ continuing competence so as to boost consumer confidence.
Tags: competence testing, conveyancing quality scheme, Legal Services Consumer Panel
Posted in Competence, Consumer panel, News
Consumer panel calls for five-yearly “MOT” for lawyers
Thursday, 11 November 2010There is a strong case for some lawyers facing periodic reaccreditation and for creating a single badge to help consumers distinguish between regulated and unregulated providers, the Legal Services Consumer Panel said in a report published today. Responding to a request from the Legal Services Board for consumer perspectives on quality, the panel drew on consumer research it commissioned and found support for lawyers undergoing “a regular MOT”.
Tags: competence testing, Legal Services Consumer Panel
Posted in Competence, Consumer panel, News
Are you competent?
Wednesday, 31 March 2010Competence testing is a delicate subject which legal regulators approach with considerable caution. It has been talked about – indeed, SRA chief executive Antony Townsend expressed his desire to move towards it when appointed in 2006 – but the fear with such schemes is that practitioners view them as a form of punishment, rather than being about professional development, maintaining high standards and reassuring the public.
Tags: competence testing, ILEX, Legal Services Consumer Panel, SRA
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Consumer chief calls for lawyers’ competence to be tested every five years
Wednesday, 31 March 2010Lawyers should undergo five-yearly competence testing, as well as face peer review of the advice they provide clients, the chairwoman of the Legal Services Consumer Panel has said.
Tags: competence testing, Legal Serivces Consumer Panel
Posted in Competence, Consumer panel, Latest news, Legal Services Act
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The rise of the agent
We believe AI agents are going to represent the biggest change to the way in which the general public interact with professional services business for generations.
The lonely role of a COFA: sharing the burden of risk management
Compliance officers for finance and administration in law firms can often find themselves walking a solitary path. But what if we could create a collaborative culture of shared accountability?
Mind the (justice) gap: Why are RTAs going up but claims still down?
The gap between the number of road traffic accident injuries and the number of motor injury claims continues to widen, according to the latest government data.
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