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Law firms to have extra year before publishing diversity data as LSB flags concerns over Bar exemptions
Thursday, 31 May 2012Law firms are to have an extra year before they must publish staff diversity data, after the Legal Services Board approved Solicitors Regulation Authority plans for a delay. But it was unhappy with the Bar Standards Board’s proposal to exempt chambers of fewer than 10 people.
Tags: bar standards board, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, equality and diversity, Intellectual Property Regulation Board, IPReg, Legal Services Board, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Legal Services Board, Other lawyers, Regulation, Solicitors
IPReg set to apply this year to become ABS regulator number 3
Tuesday, 22 May 2012The Intellectual Property Regulation Board (IPReg) will apply this year to become an alternative business structure licensing authority, it has emerged, joining the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Council for Licensed Conveyancers.
Tags: Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, ICAEW, ILEX Professional Standards, Institute of Chartered Accountants, Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, Intellectual Property Regulation Board, IPReg, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Other lawyers
Regulators and professional bodies strike MDP deal
Friday, 4 May 2012Twelve regulators and professional bodies from the legal, accountancy, financial and property sectors have finally signed a formal agreement aimed at co-ordinating the oversight of multi-disciplinary practices.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, bar standards board, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, Financial Services Authority, ILEX Professional Standards, Institute of Chartered Accountants, IPReg, MDP, multi-disciplinary practice, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Alternative business structures, Barristers, Latest news, Legal Executives, Other lawyers, Solicitors
Four bodies to throw their hats into the ring to regulate will-writers
Wednesday, 25 April 2012Four bodies have already put themselves forward to regulate will-writers following the Legal Services Board’s proposal that will-writing become a reserved legal activity, with all making their intentions clear at this week’s Legal Futures conference.
Tags: Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, ILEX Professional Standards, Institute of Professional Will-writers, Legal Services Board, reserved legal activities, will-writing
Posted in Latest news, Legal Executives, Legal Services Board, Other lawyers, Solicitors
ABSs will spark City “litigation revolution” and de facto fusion, says SRA chief
Tuesday, 24 April 2012The UK is on the cusp of a “litigation revolution” involving boutique alternative business structures offering externally-funded contingency fee deals, according to the chairman of the Solicitors Regulation Authority, speaking at yesterday’s Legal Futures conference.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, bar standards board, contingency fees, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, ILEX Professional Standards, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Alternative business structures, Barristers, Latest news, Legal Executives, Other lawyers, Solicitors
… as Law Society calls on government to slash the LSB’s budget to stop it overstepping the mark
Tuesday, 10 April 2012The Legal Services Board should have its budget slashed so as to rein in its ambitions to move beyond a supervisory role, the Law Society has claimed. However, the SRA, CILEx and Council for Licensed Conveyancers have been more measured in their criticism.
Tags: Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, ILEX Professional Standards, Law Society, Legal Services Act, Legal Services Board, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Legal Executives, Legal Services Board, Other lawyers, Solicitors
News round-up: would-be ABS expands, HSBC publishes panel criteria, and much more
Thursday, 5 April 2012Our regular round-up of news includes Quindell Portfolio’s latest acquisition, Simmons & Simmons moving City work to Bristol, the SRA’s City adviser joining Obelisk Legal, the Law Society withdrawing its PII broker list, and much more besides.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, Bar Council, conveyancing, conveyancing quality scheme, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, Financial Services Authority, Law Society, legal process outsourcing, LPO, professional indemnity insurance, pupillage, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor, News In Brief
Licensed conveyancers refused right to conduct litigation and advocacy – for now
Thursday, 5 April 2012The Legal Services Board yesterday rejected a bid to allow licensed conveyancers to conduct litigation and advocacy, after more than a year of consideration. It had run into fierce opposition from the Lord Chief Justice and the Law Society.
Tags: advocacy, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, Law Society, Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, litigation rights, Office of Fair Trading, reserved legal activities
Posted in Latest news, Legal Services Board, Other lawyers
News in brief: LeO apology, barrister ‘first’, interest on costs ruling and CLC chief leaves
Monday, 20 February 2012Our latest news round-up reports on an apology over the sudden change in the Legal Ombudsman’s address, which affects all lawyers, a unique agreement between a law firm and a barrister, a crucial ruling on interest on costs, and the exit of the CLC’s chief executive.
Tags: Association of Costs Lawyers, Barristers, costs, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, Legal Ombudsman, LeO
Posted in Client care, Latest news, Legal Ombudsman, Other lawyers
Conveyancing regulator warns HSBC and other lenders about restricted panels
Friday, 17 February 2012The Council for Licensed Conveyancers has waded into the row over HSBC’s 43-strong conveyancing panel, expressing concern that “the limited size panel risks inadvertently restricting consumer choice and distorting competition in the conveyancing market”.
Tags: conveyancing, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, licensed conveyancers, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Other lawyers
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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.
The new sexual harassment law: first among equals?
If there is a case for enhancing compensation for sexual harassment cases, then surely there is an equally strong case for enhancing compensation for other forms of harassment?
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