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Barristers blame solicitors for falling standards of criminal advocacy
Friday, 20 April 2012Deteriorating standards of criminal advocacy are having an impact on the administration of justice – with solicitor-advocates to blame, a Bar Standards Board survey has claimed.
Tags: bar standards board, QASA, Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates, solicitor-advocates
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Solicitors
Controversial advocacy scheme now faces delay, regulators admit
Friday, 7 October 2011The launch of the controversial quality assurance scheme for criminal advocates is likely to be delayed, the Joint Advocacy Group has announced. “Some adjustments” to the scheme are likely “to ensure that there are not unintended consequences”.
Tags: advocacy, bar standards board, Barristers, ILEX Professional Standards, Joint Advocacy Group, QASA, Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates, solicitor-advocates, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, Legal Executives, News, Solicitors
Revised QAA will allow advocates to progress without judicial evaluations
Wednesday, 27 April 2011Advocates seeking accreditation under the quality assurance for advocates (QAA) scheme will be allowed to opt for an assessment centre route rather than judges’ evaluations alone, under new proposals being debated today.
Tags: advocacy, Joint Advocacy Group, QAA, solicitor-advocates
Posted in Barristers, Legal Executives, Legal Services Board, News, Solicitors
Advocacy training for solicitors is “not fit for purpose”, leaked report claims
Tuesday, 14 December 2010The regime for training and supporting solicitor-advocates is not fit for purpose, a major Law Society report leaked to Legal Futures has claimed. The report by Nick Smedley sets out a comprehensive new approach to advocacy, including a full-time course of two to six months for solicitors who want to gain higher rights, and creation of an Academy for Solicitor Advocates. Practitioners with higher rights would have a title such as “Fellow of the Solicitor Advocate Academy”.
Tags: Law Society, solicitor-advocates
Posted in News, Solicitors
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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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