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SRA prepares for rush of ABS applications from criminal law firms
Wednesday, 11 March 2015The Solicitors Regulation Authority has put in place plans to fast-track alternative business structure and other new entity applications from criminal law firms in the event that the legal action against the government’s plans to reform legal aid fails.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, criminal legal aid, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news
Bar Council sets sights on solicitors’ advocacy ‘conflict of interest’
Friday, 9 May 2014The Bar Council has called for strict new rules to check that criminal law solicitors are acting properly when they guide clients to in-house advocates as opposed to external counsel.
Tags: Bar Council, criminal law, criminal legal aid, solicitor-advocates
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Solicitors
More chambers criticise legal aid deal as BSB consults on returning instructions
Monday, 31 March 2014More chambers have come out in open criticism of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) and Bar Council’s deal with the government over legal aid last week. Meanwhile, the BSB is consulting on whether a fee cut by the Legal Aid Agency should no longer automatically entitle a barrister to return instructions.
Tags: bar standards board, criminal legal aid
Posted in Barristers, Latest news
Accusations fly as CBA deal shatters legal aid unity
Friday, 28 March 2014Civil war broke out among criminal defence lawyers yesterday in the wake of a deal struck between the government and the Criminal Bar Association. Solicitors accused the Bar’s leadership of using “the unity of the profession to pursue self-interest”.
Tags: criminal legal aid
Posted in Latest news
Osborne extinguishes any lingering hopes of LLP tax rethink
Thursday, 20 March 2014The Chancellor George Osborne yesterday confirmed that there would be no delay in introducing the changes to the way LLPs are taxed, which has left many firms seeking funding for capital contributions.
Tags: criminal legal aid, limited liability partnership, LLPs
Posted in Finance, Latest news
UK Statistics Authority takes MoJ to task over “misleading” barrister earnings figures
Tuesday, 18 March 2014Government statements that criminal barristers earn an average of £84,000 from legal aid were misleading, the UK Statistics Authority has suggested. The Ministry of Justice is now to submit itself to a statutory assessment of its highly controversial statistics.
Tags: criminal legal aid
Posted in Latest news
Merge, form JVs or collaborate – but don’t stand still: Law Society’s advice to crime firms
Tuesday, 18 March 2014A Law Society guide to criminal legal aid after the cuts has laid bare the scale of the hurdles facing firms that wish to stay in the market and advised they choose one of three options: merger or acquisition, joint venture or collaboration.
Tags: criminal legal aid, Law Society
Posted in Latest news, News
SGM solicitor urges Fluck to resign as society defends dealings with “politically secure” Grayling
Thursday, 6 March 2014The solicitor behind the special general meeting (SGM) on the Law Society’s strategy in its campaign against criminal legal aid cuts, has called for the resignation of president Nick Fluck, claiming he has “underwritten” the government’s reforms.
Tags: criminal legal aid, Law Society
Posted in Latest news
Law Society fixes date for SGM as both sides ratchet up the rhetoric
Tuesday, 19 November 2013A special general meeting on a motion of no confidence in the Law Society’s top officials’ handling of criminal legal aid negotiations with the government is to take place a month from now.
Tags: criminal legal aid, Law Society
Posted in Latest news
Criminal solicitors press the button on Law Society SGM
Tuesday, 5 November 2013The campaign by a group of criminal law solicitors for a vote of no confidence in the Law Society’s top officials stepped up a gear yesterday when a petition requisitioning an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) was handed in to Chancery Lane.
Tags: criminal legal aid, EGM, Law Society
Posted in Latest news
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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.
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.
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