PC renewal deadline extended as SRA struggles
Friday, 10 February 2012 The Solicitors Regulation Authority has extended the deadline for practising certificate renewal to the end of February for all solicitors. The first renewals were due to be completed by Monday but delays caused by the new online mySRA system meant many solicitors had not been able to finish the process. Earlier this week it was More news...
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Automatic disqualification and apparent bias
Thursday, 09 February 2012 Two jurisprudential strands were brought together by the Court of Appeal on 19 October 2011 when determining a challenge brought by Darsho Kaur, a student member of the Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX). Ms Kaur contended that decisions made by both the disciplinary and appeal tribunals of ILEX that she had cheated in examinations were taint... More In Practice...In Business
Social media and digital natives
Friday, 03 February 2012 For many lawyers, particularly senior partners of big legal practices, social media is still uncharted territory. Defined as a means by which people discover, read and share news, information and content, there remains a general mistrust of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, fueled to some extent by numerous examples of court cases going... More In Business...More news:
Scots join outcry against HSBC panel
Friday, 10 February 2012 The Law Society of Scotland has called on lender HSBC to suspend its new conveyancing panel system, which it claims will cause chaos for hun...1 Comments
