All Law Society activity articles – Page 21
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News120-year wait for judiciary to be fully representative - Society
Government urged to address 'structural barriers' holding back talented candidates.
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FeatureLaw Society spotlight: CQS arrives on a new platform
The Conveyancing Quality Scheme quickly became a vital tool in combating fraud and money laundering. Next month the quality mark is going properly digital, reports Jonathan Rayner.
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NewsUK ‘trying to re-engage’ on Lugano convention
Justice minister pledges to attack market barriers to legal services.
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NewsJudge removal policy could be misapplied, Law Society warns
Concerns grow over process that would oust judicial office-holders absent from work for months due to ill health.
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NewsIran: Law Society calls for halt in lawyer detentions
Lawyers are being violently arrested, transported to prisons and ill-treated, Chancery Lane says.
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NewsNews focus: Outgoing Society president reflects on a groundbreaking tenure
‘We are the fourth emergency service, keeping the wheels of justice turning’, says the Law Society’s longest-serving president.
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NewsMPs clamour to toughen new economic crime bill
Law Society repeats its concerns about new unlimited fining power for the SRA.
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NewsTreat overseas register regime 'like AML compliance with bells on', solicitors told
Verification process for information submitted to register of overseas entities discussed at Law Society conference.
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NewsNew Law Society president pledges focus on professional ethics
'I take on the role at a difficult time for the legal profession.'
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NewsSociety backs City fund for social welfare lawyers
Chancery Lane makes one of the biggest single donations to the Social Welfare Solicitors Qualification Fund.
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NewsDispute not over: Law Society issues fresh warning on 'fair deal' for solicitors
Lord chancellor Brandon Lewis given weeks to bridge the funding gap between solicitors and barristers.
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NewsNews focus: Law Society intervenes in the costs case of the century
The Law Society last week defended its 22-page model conditional fee agreement after senior judges questioned ‘impenetrable’ client documents in a landmark challenge on costs deduction
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NewsSociety edges closer to nuclear option on legal aid
Chancery Lane demands government announce a 15% fee uplift for solicitors as barristers prepare to vote on £54m offer.
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OpinionFarewell then, Brussels. So what now?
As the Law Society’s Brussels office closes, here’s why we must maintain close ties with our EU neighbours.
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NewsFirms offered roadmap to diversity and inclusion
Law Society unveils three-step action plan to help deliver strategies that create lasting change.
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OpinionDiversity and inclusion framework: how the legal profession can create lasting change
Law Society's framework supplies workplaces with a proactive three-step action plan to help develop and deliver a D&I strategy.
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NewsSociety ‘extremely concerned’ at proposals for unlimited SRA fines
Government wants to legislate to remove fining limit in cases related to economic crime.
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OpinionWhen clients harm us
Concerns about lawyer wellbeing traditionally focus on workplace problems, rather than issues arising from clients.
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NewsLabour conference: Society renews legal aid plea
Law Society vice-president Lubna Shuja says solicitors are the silent backbone of the justice system and economy.
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NewsNumber of solicitors on the roll reaches record high
Law Society's latest picture of the profession shows women continuing to dominate.