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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
QASA finally agreed after Bar Standards Board gives in over plea-only advocates
Friday, 23 March 2012The Bar Standards Board has given way on the final outstanding issue on the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates and it is now to begin in the summer. Plea-only advocates, who had been at the centre of a major disagreement, will not have to undergo judicial assessment.
Tags: bar standards board, ILEX Professional Standards, Legal Services Board, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Legal Executives, Legal Services Board, Solicitors
LSB hints at support for solicitors’ position in row with barristers over QASA
Friday, 16 March 2012The Legal Services Board has given the clearest hint yet that it is supporting the position of solicitors in the row over the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates. Legal Futures also understands that the LSB is pushing the Bar Standards Board to accept a compromise.
Tags: bar standards board, ILEX Professional Standards, Legal Services Board, QASA, Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Legal Executives, Legal Services Board, Solicitors
Review sets out “radical” options for reform of legal education and training
Tuesday, 13 March 2012More common training of would-be lawyers, sector-wide CPD, and scrapping the training contract and pupillage, are among the “more radical” options being considered by the Legal Education and Training Review, according to its first discussion paper, issued yesterday.
Tags: bar standards board, ILEX Professional Standards, legal education, legal education and training review, legal practice course, LPC, pupillage, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, hrtraining, Latest news, Legal Executives, Solicitors
Barristers and solicitors at loggerheads over QASA
Monday, 5 March 2012Barristers and solicitors are at loggerheads over whether plea-only advocates need to undergo judicial evaluation as part of the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates. If a resolution cannot be found, then the whole scheme could fall apart.
Tags: bar standards board, Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, ILEX Professional Standards, Joint Advocacy Group, Law Society, QASA, Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Legal Executives, Solicitors
Bigger than ABSs?
Monday, 5 March 2012While alternative business structures are gaining all the headlines right now, something perhaps even more fundamental is going on this year: the Legal Education and Training Review. Many know it’s happening, but I suspect few quite understand how radically it could reshape the foundation of becoming a lawyer. I don’t think I did until last week, when I attended the first of a series of five seminars being run by the Legal Services Board, this one in association with the Legal Services Institute.
Tags: bar standards board, Barristers, ILEX Professional Standards, legal education, legal education and training review, legal practice course, licensed conveyancers, Solicitors, Solicitors Regulation Authority, will-writing
Posted in Blog
Divisions over advocacy scheme harden as regulators face battle to keep it alive
Monday, 20 February 2012Divisions over quality assurance for advocates have deepened after solicitors were advised not to take part in a Bar Standards Board survey on the issue, while specialist Bar associations have been urged to oppose QASA as well.
Tags: advocacy, bar standards board, ILEX Professional Standards, Legal Services Board, QASA, Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Legal Executives, Solicitors
Quality scheme risks independence of advocates, leading judge warns
Tuesday, 14 February 2012The proposed Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates threatens the independence of advocates, a senior judge claimed yesterday. Lord Justice Moses argued that quality of advocacy is best assured through compulsory training and more active reporting of poor advocates by judges.
Tags: bar standards board, ILEX Professional Standards, Legal Services Board, QASA, Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Legal Executives, Solicitors