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SRA board moves to solicitor/lay parity with appointment of ex-LCS chief
Friday, 8 July 2011The board of the Solicitors Regulation Authority this month moved to parity between solicitor and lay ordinary members, ahead of introducing a lay majority in two years’ time. Shamit Saggar, the former chairman of the Legal Complaints Service, joined the board this month as part of a deal with the Legal Services Board.
Tags: bar standards board, ILEX Professional Standards, internal governance rules, Law Society, Legal Complaints Service, legal education and training review, Legal Services Board, Office of Fair Trading, Review 2020, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Legal Services Board, News, Solicitors
Wood: LSB chief wrong to see disconnect between legal education and practice
Wednesday, 1 June 2011Legal Services Board chairman David Edmonds is wrong to say there is a “disconnect” between legal education and legal practice, it was claimed last week by the man who has systematically reviewed the Bar’s education and training regime.
Tags: bar standards board, legal education, Review 2020
Posted in Barristers, hrtraining, Legal Services Board, News, Regulation
Potter, Gaymer and team of top academics join fundamental training review
Tuesday, 10 May 2011A former Court of Appeal judge and the one-time senior partner of City law firm Simmons & Simmons have been appointed joint chairs of a new consultation panel to advise on the fundamental education and training review – now known as “Review 2020″.
Tags: bar standards board, ILEX Professional Standards, legal education, Review 2020, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, hrtraining, Legal Executives, News, Solicitors
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The rise of the agent
We believe AI agents are going to represent the biggest change to the way in which the general public interact with professional services business for generations.
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.
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