All Law Society activity articles – Page 25
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NewsMission to promote UK legal services in Middle East
Law Society joins delegation headed by justice minister Lord Wolfson QC.
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NewsHome Office urged to help 'abandoned' Afghan judges and lawyers
Law Society says it is continuing to receive desperate messages from 'terrified' colleagues.
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OpinionThe drive for net zero
Climate change is no longer just the preserve of environmental lawyers.
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OpinionLawyers to the barricades
The reputation of the profession is at stake where lawyers are identified with their clients’ interests. The Law Society must protect us against unjustified attack.
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NewsLaw Society unveils climate resolution
I. Stephanie Boyce said solicitors can play ‘a crucial role’ in tackling climate change.
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News'The government has listened' - Chancery Lane welcomes budget boost
Chancellor announces billion-pound investment to increase capacity and efficiency across the courts system.
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NewsPro bono week turns 20
The focus is on the future as well as the past as Pro Bono Week celebrates its 20th anniversary from Monday.
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NewsEx-presidents leave Law Society Council
Chancery Lane’s governing Council saw 31 members, including three former Society presidents, step down at this month’s annual general meeting.
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NewsEmails intercepted in £640,000 conveyancing fraud
Law Society, National Economic Crime Centre and National Crime Agency unveil anti-scam campaign.
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FeatureLaw Society Spotlight: AGM/Council meeting
CEO Paul Tennant writes on developments at last week’s Law Society AGM and October’s meeting of the Council.
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OpinionSailing in the good ship Law Society
Being a Council member is like being a passenger on a crowded ocean liner: either yelling to point out the beautiful island, or the icebergs which loom ahead.
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NewsSociety will fight to save SIF from closure
Council resolution says that extension of fund is in interests of profession and public.
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NewsLaw Societies condemn 'harmful' economic crime levy
New tax will play into the hands of rival jurisdictions seeking investment, professional body warns.
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NewsLaw Society hails legislative coups at president's inauguration
I. Stephanie Boyce spoke of ‘clear definitive successes’ in preserving the rule of law.
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NewsSIF saga latest: Solicitors 'should pay extra £10 a year' for retirement protection
Solicitors threatened the SRA with judicial review over the 'arbitrary' closure of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund, it has emerged.
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NewsSociety ponders SDT support for lawyers
Chancery Lane says there is ‘inequality of arms between the individual solicitor and the prosecution in the tribunal’.
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OpinionRight to a lawyer
There are renewed pleas for the Law Society to fund legal representation for solicitors facing disciplinary proceedings.
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FeatureLaw Society spotlight: Fire and pestilence at Chancery Lane
Paul Tennant talks to Paul Rogerson about his exceptionally eventful spell as chief executive of the Law Society.
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NewsLaw Society celebrates solicitor ‘champions’
Neil Hudgell lands Gazette gong as Chancery Lane announces winners of the Law Society Awards 2021.