All Law Society activity articles – Page 4
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NewsTreasury targets pooled client accounts in AML action plan
Banks could inundate law firms with requests for more information about clients.
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OpinionThe criminal justice system matters, yet its very future is in peril
With huge court backlogs and prisons at breaking point, the very future of our criminal justice system is in peril.
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NewsSolicitor quitting frontline conveyancing laments 'thankless job'
Pardeep Kandola to raise challenges of the job with Law Society vice-president.
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NewsUnderfunding worst threat to rule of law, Law Society poll reveals
Rule of law subject of panel discussion hosted by journalist Emily Maitlis to mark Law Society's 200th anniversary.
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NewsLondon continues to lead in international arbitration
Government needs to invest more to maintain global standing, Chancery Lane says.
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NewsSociety will make it harder for solicitors to trigger SGMs
Two special general meetings have been convened in the past 15 years - both of them costly and controversial.
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OpinionModernising the governance of the Law Society
Members are at the heart of what we do at the Society. We want more of them involved.
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NewsOmbudsman's case fee compromise eases solicitors' concerns
Complaints handler accepted its initial proposals had not been welcomed by profession.
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NewsMemory lane
Embracing agile working and a Law Society president from Manchester: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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OpinionWarning over legal aid vulnerability must be heard
Firms are being forced out of legal aid work because of the government’s failure to invest.
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NewsSolicitors pessimistic over Leveson reforms
Proposed changes will have little impact on rocketing court backlogs, Law Society research suggests.
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NewsSociety secures funding for US market-opening work
Money will support work to create business opportunities in California and Florida legal markets.
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OpinionLaw Society’s Council – what you should know
Council is part of the behind-the-scenes machinery, along with committees and the staff. Should it be a focus of attention?
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NewsComplaints: Society warns of regulatory overreach
Little evidence has been produced to demonstrate the necessity for reforms proposed by SRA, Chancery Lane says.
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NewsLaw Society 'not confident' SRA has learned its lesson over Axiom Ince
Council only 'partially assure' of regulator’s commitment to rebuild trust in wake of consolidator’s spectacular implosion.
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OpinionCutting out avocado toast is not the panacea for feckless youth
Chancery Lane continues to recommend minimum trainee salaries and wants to keep aspiring young lawyers out of the breadline. But does this annual ritual still serve a useful purpose?
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NewsSociety recommends 2.45% pay rise for trainees
Chancery Lane president says minimum salary uplift will boost equality and diversity in the sector.
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NewsPay duty solicitors more for working 'unsocial hours', MoJ told
Law Society says police officers are struggling to get a solicitor to attend the station at night.
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NewsThe singer formerly known as ‘Pres’
Jonathan Smithers is one the Society’s more musical past presidents.