Last 3 months headlines – Page 2808

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Silk ad elitism - why, two years after the appointment of the first solicitor QCs, the Law Society is questioning the value of the rank, and the method of QC appointments

1999-10-06T00:00:00Z
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Case for clients - preview of a major conference in December which will debate the need for a more consumer-focused approach within the profession

1999-10-06T00:00:00Z
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An Interventionist policy - a recent amendment to the Solicitors Act takes the Law Society into unchartered waters

1999-10-06T00:00:00Z
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Benchmarks - reforms and the family lawyer - whether Woolf has made a significant impact on family proceedings

1999-10-06T00:00:00Z
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Profession or industry? If solicitors want to be viewed as members of a profession, they must enforce service standards to which many do not even aspire at present.

1999-09-29T00:00:00Z
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On-line analysis - a new service on the Law Society's Web Site can help firms work out how they are performing compared to their competitors.

1999-09-29T00:00:00Z
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Playing by the rules - guidance for practitioners on compliance with the Solicitors' Investment Business Rules 1995.

1999-09-29T00:00:00Z
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Benchmarks - the business of litigation - a look at issuing applications under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.

1999-09-29T00:00:00Z
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Eastern promise -- the 11-year-old-exchange scheme operated by the China Law Council has been a diplomatic and commercial success

1999-09-22T00:00:00Z
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Being a rottweiler -- the Young Solicitors Group has organised a debate about the cost of the long hours culture for individuals and the profession as a whole

1999-09-22T00:00:00Z
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Parading beauty -- companies are rationalising their use of private practice law firms and competition for a place on a panel has never been hotter

1999-09-22T00:00:00Z
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Training contracts under the microscope -- the rights created by the Employment Relations Act 1999 could have a significant impact on the profession's treatment of trainee solicitors

1999-09-22T00:00:00Z
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Putting safeguards on enduring powers -- the Law Society's revised guidelines for solicitors on enduring powers of attorney

1999-09-22T00:00:00Z
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Mortgage minefield? Is mortgage advice ripe for regulation? The government is asking the question and solicitors' views on this key topic are needed

1999-09-15T00:00:00Z
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Making it easy -- large law firms offer staff a range of in-house facilities, from yoga today cleaning, so do solicitors now need to go home

1999-09-15T00:00:00Z
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Benchmarks -- pensions sharing -- nearly there -- a look forward to the long-awaited introduction of pensions sharing in the Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill

1999-09-15T00:00:00Z
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Rights the way through -- whatever your place or area of practice, if you are a solicitor, the Human Rights Act 1998 has direct relevance

1999-09-08T00:00:00Z
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Care in the community -- it is 'essential' that solicitors are involved in improving access to justice.

1999-09-08T00:00:00Z
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Lock steps up a gear -- David Lock MP says there are more than enough things to do at the Lord Chancellor's Department to keep two junior ministers busy.

1999-09-08T00:00:00Z
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Conditional feelings -- the potential for widespread application of conditional fee arrangements will be explored in a major session at the Law Festival in October. Some solicitors have already waded

1999-09-08T00:00:00Z

Last 3 months headlines – Page 2808

Silk ad elitism - why, two years after the appointment of the first solicitor QCs, the Law Society is questioning the value of the rank, and the method of QC appointments

Case for clients - preview of a major conference in December which will debate the need for a more consumer-focused approach within the profession

An Interventionist policy - a recent amendment to the Solicitors Act takes the Law Society into unchartered waters

Benchmarks - reforms and the family lawyer - whether Woolf has made a significant impact on family proceedings

Profession or industry? If solicitors want to be viewed as members of a profession, they must enforce service standards to which many do not even aspire at present.

On-line analysis - a new service on the Law Society's Web Site can help firms work out how they are performing compared to their competitors.

Playing by the rules - guidance for practitioners on compliance with the Solicitors' Investment Business Rules 1995.

Benchmarks - the business of litigation - a look at issuing applications under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.

Eastern promise -- the 11-year-old-exchange scheme operated by the China Law Council has been a diplomatic and commercial success

Being a rottweiler -- the Young Solicitors Group has organised a debate about the cost of the long hours culture for individuals and the profession as a whole

Parading beauty -- companies are rationalising their use of private practice law firms and competition for a place on a panel has never been hotter

Training contracts under the microscope -- the rights created by the Employment Relations Act 1999 could have a significant impact on the profession's treatment of trainee solicitors

Putting safeguards on enduring powers -- the Law Society's revised guidelines for solicitors on enduring powers of attorney

Mortgage minefield? Is mortgage advice ripe for regulation? The government is asking the question and solicitors' views on this key topic are needed

Making it easy -- large law firms offer staff a range of in-house facilities, from yoga today cleaning, so do solicitors now need to go home

Benchmarks -- pensions sharing -- nearly there -- a look forward to the long-awaited introduction of pensions sharing in the Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill

Rights the way through -- whatever your place or area of practice, if you are a solicitor, the Human Rights Act 1998 has direct relevance

Care in the community -- it is 'essential' that solicitors are involved in improving access to justice.

Lock steps up a gear -- David Lock MP says there are more than enough things to do at the Lord Chancellor's Department to keep two junior ministers busy.

Conditional feelings -- the potential for widespread application of conditional fee arrangements will be explored in a major session at the Law Festival in October. Some solicitors have already waded

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