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Law Society calls in Equality Commission to bring indemnity insurers into line
Friday, 24 September 2010The Equality and Human Rights Commission is host a meeting between the Law Society, black and minority ethnic solicitors, and professional indemnity insurers in a bid to agree a plan of action to improve insurers’ equality practices. It was called in after the Law Society judged insurers’ response to examples of alleged discrimination in the 2009 renewal process to be “wholly inadequate”.
Tags: Association of British Insurers, equality and diversity, Law Society, professional indemnity insurance, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Indemnity insurance, News, Solicitors
BSB to focus on four key areas of compliance as it rolls out chambers monitoring
Friday, 17 September 2010Every chambers in England and Wales is to be quizzed on their approach to equality and diversity as part of a new monitoring scheme being rolled out by the Bar Standards Board. The 791 chambers (of which 391 are registered as sole practitioners) are also to face questions on how they handle complaints, their policies on pupillage, and compliance with anti-money laundering rules.
Tags: bar standards board, chambers, complaints-handling, equality and diversity, money laundering, pupillage
Posted in Barristers, News
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Succession (Season 5) – Santa looks to the future
It’s time for the annual Christmas blog from Nigel Wallis, consultant at Legal Futures Associate O’Connors Legal Services.
The COLP and management 12 days of Christmas checklist
Leading up to Christmas this year, it might be a quieter time to reflect on trends, issues and regulation, and how they might impact your firm.
The next wave of AI: what’s really coming in 2025
The most exciting battle in artificial intelligence isn’t unfolding in corporate labs; it’s happening in the open-source community.
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