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Consumers start to exert buying power over lawyers, says survey
Thursday, 31 May 2012There are signs that consumer power is starting to take a grip in the legal services market as more people shop around and demand fixed-fee deals, the Legal Services Consumer Panel reports today. However, the YouGov survey shows that the wider economic picture is affecting the use of legal services.
Tags: Legal Services Consumer Panel
Posted in Consumer panel, Latest news
Government bid to slash red tape around legal services regulation goes live
Thursday, 31 May 2012A government bid to slash unnecessary red tape around the regulation of legal services goes live today. As first revealed by Legal Futures in February, the Red Tape Challenge – a government-wide initiative to cut the 21,000 regulations currently in force in the UK – is spotlighting legal services.
Tags: Legal Services Consumer Panel
Posted in Latest news, Regulation
Pioneer calls on will-writers to become ABSs and level playing field with solicitors
Tuesday, 29 May 2012The first will-writer to be granted an alternative business structure (ABS) licence says she hopes others will follow suit so as to “level the playing field” with solicitors. Parchment Law Group became the seventh ABS last Friday.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, continuing professional development, CPD, Legal Services Consumer Panel, reserved legal activities, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Market monitor
Panel to celebrate firms and chambers which sign up to vulnerable consumer standard
Tuesday, 29 May 2012Law firms, chambers, regulators and other legal bodies which sign up to the official British Standard on dealing with vulnerable consumers are to have their commitment celebrated publicly on the website of the Legal Services Consumer Panel.
Tags: Crown Prosecution Service, Legal Ombudsman, Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, LeO
Posted in Consumer panel, Latest news
Goodbye solicitors, hello ‘regulated legal advisors’: consumer panel seeks radical training reform
Monday, 21 May 2012Lawyers’ legal education and training should be aimed at the specific activities they will be authorised to practise rather than at achieving a particular title, the Legal Services Consumer Panel has urged.
Tags: activity based regulation, continuing professional development, CPD, legal education and training review, Legal Services Consumer Panel
Posted in Consumer panel, hrtraining, Latest news
LSB set to survive government review despite best efforts of frontline bodies
Tuesday, 15 May 2012The Legal Services Board is likely to survive the government’s triennial review of its functions largely unscathed, despite a series of attacks from those it oversees, it has emerged.
Tags: bar standards board, Law Society, Legal Ombudsman, Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, Office for Legal Complaints
Posted in Consumer panel, Latest news, Legal Ombudsman, Legal Services Board
Will-writing and estate administration to become reserved legal activities
Monday, 23 April 2012Will-writing and estate administration should become reserved legal activities, the Legal Services Board has recommended. The long-awaited conclusions of its statutory investigation also highlighted the need to improve standards among regulated providers like solicitors.
Tags: estate administration, Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, reserved legal activities, will-writing
Posted in Latest news, Legal Services Board, Solicitors
Consumer panel targets "sub-standard" legal advice
Monday, 16 April 2012There is evidence that the quality of legal advice is “too often sub-standard”, meaning the safety net for consumers needs to be enhanced, the Legal Services Consumer Panel said today as it launched its work programme for the next year.
Tags: legal education and training review, Legal Ombudsman, Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, reserved legal activities, will-writing
Posted in Consumer panel, Latest news, Legal Services Act
Legal Services Consumer Panel survives the chop – for now
Friday, 13 April 2012The Legal Services Consumer Panel has escaped the government’s consolidation of consumer advocacy and information into Citizens Advice – for now. The move was strongly opposed by the Legal Services Board but supported by the Law Society.
Tags: Bar Council, bar standards board, Law Society, Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel
Posted in Consumer panel, Latest news, Legal Services Board
Licensed conveyancers refused right to conduct litigation and advocacy – for now
Thursday, 5 April 2012The Legal Services Board yesterday rejected a bid to allow licensed conveyancers to conduct litigation and advocacy, after more than a year of consideration. It had run into fierce opposition from the Lord Chief Justice and the Law Society.
Tags: advocacy, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, Law Society, Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, litigation rights, Office of Fair Trading, reserved legal activities
Posted in Latest news, Legal Services Board, Other lawyers
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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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