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NewsSRA responds to education review with ‘bonfire of regulations’
’One-size-fits-all’ qualification route to be scrapped.
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NewsLSB calls for all regulators to have lay chairs
Approved regulators are still too close to the profession, the Legal Services Board says.
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NewsCriminal bar gets green light to challenge QASA
The High Court has granted the Criminal Bar Association permission to proceed with its legal challenge to advocacy assessment.
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NewsAlbright start in Boston
IBA 2013 was opened by former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright.
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News175 firms face closure after failing to secure insurance
SRA says 185 firms applied for extended indemnity; 10 have since found cover.
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NewsIBA 2013: ‘Don't treat older lawyers like they're dead,’ says former chief
Firms who force out older partners not making the most of their experience.
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NewsIBA 2013: US unwilling to discuss ABSs, says insider
IBA 2013: US legal profession under fire for opposition to liberalisation of the market.
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NewsSolicitor Shailesh Vara is new justice minister
Vara worked in City and west London firms, before entering Parliament in 2005.
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NewsNational Crime Agency opens for business
The home secretary has published the government’s strategy to ‘relentlessly pursue’ organised and serious crime.
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NewsGazette editorial board – vacancies
The Gazette editorial board wishes to appoint two solicitors as board members.
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NewsUK LLP hit as foreign firms look to compete
Figures show that the net contribution of legal services to the balance of payments deteriorated by over £500m.
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NewsLender seeks to plug costs funding gap for firms
VFS Legal says it wants to plug the gap in the market left by banks and other funders.
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NewsMalaysia set to clear way for foreign law firms
Reforms remove controversial clauses that sought to prohibit ‘fly-in/fly-out’ legal services provided by foreign lawyers.
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NewsIn-house ‘has to be independent’
Barclays’ vice-president of legal counsel says that one of the purposes of in-house teams is to act as a control function.
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Society warns PCT could still be resurrected
Desmond Hudson has urged solicitors not to oppose the amended Ministry of Justice legal aid proposals.
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NewsWoolf elected Lord Mayor
Fiona Woolf will be the second woman to hold the position in the City of London Corporation’s 800-year history
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NewsSociety’s mission to explain at IBA
Law Society wants to ’dispel myths’ surrounding liberalisation of the legal market.
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NewsGlobal law summit to celebrate Magna Carta’s 800 years
The summit in February 2015 will bring together the government, legal professional bodies including the Law Society and business.
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NewsJunior barristers warned they are 'fair game' to political spin
A senior member of the Court of Appeal has called on judges to speak out to protect the independent bar and help dispel ‘misleading myths’ spread about junior barristers.
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NewsCouncils pool resources to take on legal trainees
The South London Legal Partnership, a four-borough shared legal service programme, is expected to save £600,000.