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Todd calls for last stand against QASA
Monday, 3 September 2012The chairman of the Bar Council has called for a last stand against several “objectionable” elements of the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates or else they will form part of similar schemes planned for all areas of legal practice.
Tags: Bar Council, bar standards board, QASA, Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates, solicitor-advocates, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Legal Executives, Solicitors
Back to business
Monday, 3 September 2012That was the third August through which Legal Futures has reported, and each time it has proven a surprisingly busy month. The last four and a half weeks have left us with plenty to ponder. First up we are finally starting to see alternative business structures approved on a regular basis; this is not great surprise now that we are eight months into the process. There was also the second discussion paper from the Legal Education and Training Review and the Law Society cancelling its annual conference.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, bar standards board, ILEX Professional Standards, Law Society, legal education and training review, Legal Services Board, LETR, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Blog
Public sector ABS eyes external investment to expand
Friday, 31 August 2012A specialist public sector law firm is eyeing up external investment so as to fund expansion, as well as strategic partnerships with others to secure market share, after becoming the newest alternative business structure.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, external investment, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Market monitor
LETR team floats radical reforms to “unfit” training regime
Wednesday, 29 August 2012The system for training lawyers is not fit for purpose, the Legal Education and Training Review research team has suggested. The team of academics floated a series of ideas that in some instances would represent radical reform of the present regime.
Tags: bar professional training course, bar standards board, ILEX Professional Standards, Institute of Chartered Accountants, legal education and training review, legal practice course, LETR, LPC, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, hrtraining, Latest news, Legal Executives, Solicitors
Leading conveyancing firms gain ABS status
Tuesday, 28 August 2012Two of the country’s best-known conveyancing practices have become alternative business structures, while an insolvency and litigation practice has also achieved ABS status.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Market monitor
Report: indemnity insurance market softening this year but underwriters wary of non-lawyer owners
Friday, 17 August 2012There are signs of a softer professional indemnity insurance market for some law firms this year, but underwriters are looking to handle alternative business structures with care, a new report has claimed.
Tags: ARP, assigned risks pool, conveyancing, mortgage fraud, professional indemnity insurance, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Indemnity insurance, Latest news
News in brief: pre-pack saves law firm, Pannone’s white-label arm wins contract, and more
Tuesday, 14 August 2012Our latest round-up includes the pre-pack sale of a Devon law firm, new business wins for Pannone and Gateley, the merger of big-hitting law firm consultancies, a new PII offering for small firms, and a bogus e-mail warning from the SRA.
Tags: professional indemnity insurance, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Indemnity insurance, Latest news, News In Brief
SRA finds support for outcomes-focused approach to referral fee ban
Monday, 13 August 2012There is broad support for an outcomes-focused approach to implementing the ban on referral fees in personal injury cases, according to early indications from the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s consultation on the issue.
Tags: Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act, OFR, outcomes-focused regulation, referral fees, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Marketing & PR, Solicitors
Cost dominates thinking of consumers when choosing solicitors, SRA research finds
Friday, 10 August 2012The economic climate is exacerbating the focus consumers put on cost when choosing solicitors, early findings from Solicitors Regulation Authority research have indicated. However, there were also good signs for high street firms in the pull they have with their local communities.
Tags: Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Solicitors
PC renewal fiasco looms large as SRA scraps plan to move roll exercise online
Wednesday, 8 August 2012The Solicitors Regulation Authority has admitted defeat in its bid to introduce an online system for tens of thousands of solicitors who want to stay on the roll because it fears a repeat of last year’s PC renewal shambles.
Tags: practising certificate, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Solicitors