All Advocacy articles – Page 2
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SRA drops higher rights requirement for youth court solicitors
Regulator says it will review training records to address concerns about standards.
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Opinion
Christmas unwrapped: the top 10 books of 2019
Lawyers’ literary ambitions range across the genres, encompassing a fictional whatdunnit, a history of the Old Bailey, and an exploration of costs, says David Pickup.
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SRA advocacy proposals ‘add bureaucracy’
Criminal defence practitioners question regulator's involvement.
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Opinion
Thinking on your feet: practical guidance on advocacy
A guide to the type of hearings a junior advocate is likely to come across in civil litigation, such as general civil cases, personal injury, landlord and tenant, commercial and employment law.
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Opinion
Supreme Court saga has made for must-watch TV
Lawyers binge-watching and members of the public learning about advocacy at its best: this has been a triumph for the legal profession.
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News
Solicitor advocates attack SRA standards review
The Solicitors’ Association of Higher Courts Advocates accuses the regulator of favouring barristers and relying on flimsy evidence.
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Advocacy standards back on agenda as SRA seeks views on higher rights proposals
Advocacy in serious youth court cases would be restricted to solicitors holding revised qualification.
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Solicitor acted in court for 12 years without being formally qualified
Akindele Ogun sued the SRA after it banned him from exercising higher rights of audience.
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Freshfields pushes lawyers to connect with female barristers
Magic circle firm wants to see greater diversity among the counsel it instructs.
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Civil service union secures 10% pay hike for prosecutors
Staff can be required to work between 7am to 7pm under the two-year deal.
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Fewer solicitors to take silk in 2019
Solicitors’ share declines in latest QC appointments announcement.
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News focus: Higher ambitions
Under pressure over the quality of advocacy and facing an uncertain future as courts embrace technology, the SAHCA’s annual conference still heard reasons for cautious optimism.
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SRA mulls new 'test' for solicitor advocates
Regulator says it has received reports of solicitors acting ’beyond their competence’.
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Future bright for solicitor advocates' 'one-stop shops'
Limited budgets and drive towards ADR argue in favour of the one-stop shop litigator, higher court advocates hear.
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'Don't swell the ranks with solicitors' - bar fights training reforms
Future Bar Training proposals would 'unacceptably dilute the high standards rightly required of practising barristers', Bar Council warns.
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Juniors lose out as MoJ proposes advocacy fee rise
Law Society says new rates will will worsen the recruitment crisis in legal aid work.
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LAA ordered to disclose legal aid fees 'calculator'
High Court says it would have expected the government would want advocates to know how fees are assessed.
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MoJ goes on hiring spree to strengthen Public Defender Service
Retirements and advocates becoming judges have left a hole in the Legal Aid Agency department.