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Lord Chancellor should be “very senior lawyer”
Friday, 17 October 2014The Lord Chancellor should be a “very senior lawyer”, Nicholas Lavender QC, chairman of the Bar Council, has said. Support for the role being held by a lawyer also came from the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives.
Tags: Bar Council, CILEX, Law Society
Posted in Latest news, Regulation
2,700 firms sign up for Lender Exchange
Wednesday, 15 October 2014More than 2,700 law firms have signed up for Lender Exchange, a website which stores information about conveyancing panel firms for mortgage lenders. However, negotiations with the Law Society over a relationship with the Conveyancing Quality Scheme have stalled.
Tags: conveyancing, conveyancing quality scheme, CQS, Law Society, Lender Exchange
Posted in Latest news
Law Society invests £5m+ in online conveyancing project
Monday, 13 October 2014The Law Society has invested over £5m in a new online conveyancing system, to be launched next spring, which aims to revolutionise the home-buying process.
Tags: conveyancing, Law Society
Posted in Latest news, Technology
Law Society accuses SRA of helping large accountancy firms over others
Monday, 22 September 2014Solicitors Regulation Authority plans to make it easier for multi-disciplinary practices to be licensed as alternative business structures will give the large accountancy firms a competitive advantage, the Law Society has claimed.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, Law Society, MDP, Multi-disciplinary practices, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Solicitors
Law Society enters Europe debate with warning to government over “unsettling uncertainty”
Wednesday, 3 September 2014Solicitors are concerned about the lack of certainty on the UK’s future relationship with the European Union, the Law Society has warned the government. It also revealed research that showed that every 100 jobs in the legal services market supports 67 elsewhere in the economy.
Tags: Law Society
Posted in Latest news
Law Society advertising campaign highlights “regulated and insured” professionals
Monday, 1 September 2014The Law Society’s latest advertising campaign, launched today, highlights the role of solicitors as regulated professionals, under the slogan ‘Use a Professional. Use a Solicitor.’
Tags: conveyancing, Law Society
Posted in Latest news, Marketing & PR
Former Law Society conveyancing chief to face disciplinary tribunal
Friday, 29 August 2014Richard Barnett, former chair of the Law Society’s land law and conveyancing committee, has been referred to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT).
Tags: Law Society, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
Law Society recruits new chief executive from NHSLA
Thursday, 14 August 2014The Law Society has chosen Catherine Dixon to replace Des Hudson as chief executive. Mr Hudson will retire at the end of this month.
Tags: Law Society
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
PC fee still too high, solicitors tell Law Society
Thursday, 31 July 2014Solicitors believe the practising certificate (PC) fee is still too high, despite a cut of 17% approved by the Law Society council earlier this month, research has revealed.
Tags: Law Society, PC fee, practising certificate fee, SRA
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
Law Society Sharia wills guidance “cannot change the law”, justice minister says
Monday, 28 July 2014The government has refused to be drawn into the row over controversial advice from the Law Society on Sharia-compliant wills, but insisted that it “does not, and cannot, change the law”.
Tags: Law Society, Sharia, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
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The lonely role of a COFA: sharing the burden of risk management
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Mind the (justice) gap: Why are RTAs going up but claims still down?
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