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BSB defeats challenge to validity of disciplinary tribunal panel
Friday, 13 July 2012The Bar Standards Board has successfully defended a challenge to the validity of a disciplinary tribunal, in the first case to be argued over flaws in the system of reappointing tribunal members.
Tags: bar standards board, COIC, Council of the Inns of Court
Posted in Barristers, Latest news
An open and shut case
Friday, 6 July 2012I’m feeling a rant coming on, so bear with me. In the two-plus years of this website, I have had cause to complain about the lack of transparency of many of the bodies involved in the regulation of the legal profession. I have ample cause to do so again, unfortunately. First up is the Legal Services Board, whose approach to the publication of papers and to holding open board meetings is frustrating to say the least. Well, yesterday I got the limited satisfaction of knowing that it’s not just me.
Tags: bar standards board, Council of the Inns of Court, Law Society, Legal Services Board, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Blog
Revealed: new “bias” concern ramps up Bar disciplinary controversy
Monday, 18 June 2012The controversy brewing over faulty appointments to Bar disciplinary panels – and the impact this could have on the decisions they took over recent years – has taken a new turn, Legal Futures can reveal.
Tags: bar standards board, COIC, Council of the Inns of Court, Visitors to the Inns of Court
Posted in Barristers, Latest news
BSB: 85 barrister disciplinary decisions at risk because of tribunal errors
Thursday, 26 April 2012The Bar Standards Board has identified around 85 disciplinary cases involving barristers that could be invalidated by the fact that tribunal members who sat in judgment over them were ineligible for the role.
Tags: Bar Council, bar standards board, Council of the Inns of Court
Posted in Barristers, Latest news
"Flawed" Bar disciplinary panels oversaw hundreds of cases
Thursday, 5 April 2012Around 550 disciplinary cases involving barristers could be affected by the failure to validly appoint some of the tribunal members who sat in judgment on them, we can reveal. Specialist regulatory lawyers are watching closely to see if cases can be reopened.
Tags: bar standards board, Council of the Inns of Court
Posted in Barristers, Latest news
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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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