All Law Society activity articles – Page 51
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News'Access Denied': Law Society's 25-point plan to salvage civil justice
LASPO’s legal aid cuts have damaged the very foundations of our justice system, according to new review.
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NewsSociety plans 4% cut to individual fee
The Law Society plans to cut the individual practising fee once again next year. For 2017/18 Chancery Lane is seeking views on a fee of £278, a reduction of £12. Council meets on 5 July to discuss and agree final budget proposals. Writing in today’s Gazette, president Robert Bourns says ...
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NewsQueen's speech: Society hails 'positive' elements
Misguided personal injury reforms are sting in the tail, Chancery Lane says.
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NewsPro bono panel extended to Finsbury Park attack
Law Society says victims will be dealing with unforseen and complex legal issues.
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News'Collaborative' Brexit vital for legal sector - Law Society
The Law Society has today warned of the risks of a hard Brexit, urging the government not to ’commit an act of self-harm and unravel our economy’.
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NewsCall for legislation to govern AI
Chancery Lane event hears concerns about accountability of algorithms which increasingly govern our lives.
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FeatureLaw Society Council: The day we went to Cardiff
The Law Society Council met in Cardiff for their annual meeting.
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NewsRefuse work if it's uneconomical, Society tells legal aid firms
Rejecting instructions on the basis that the work is not properly remunerated is in line with code of conduct, practice note states.
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NewsSociety to look again at training elements of conveyancing quality scheme
Competition Appeals Tribunal rules on question of third party trainers.
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NewsLondon Legal Walk - picture gallery
From the Child Poverty Action Group, to Linklaters and the CPS - our gallery of the record 12,000 lawyers walking for justice. Can you find your team?
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OpinionShaping up to help members
How the Law Society is adapting its governance to a changing environment.
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NewsLaw Society Excellence Awards open for nominations
Nominations for this year’s Law Society Excellence Awards close on Friday 26 May.
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Conveyancing kitemark holders warned over spoof email
The Law Society has warned holders of its Conveyancing Quality Scheme accreditation to beware of a malicious email sent from a variety of addresses including a btconnect account. A number of CQS member firms have already received the spoof email, which has the subject line ’Your Ref: Completion Statement’ and ...
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NewsLaw Society agrees next steps in governance shakeup
The Law Society has agreed next steps in an ongoing review of its governance structure that will establish a new Main Board at Chancery Lane. Meeting in Cardiff yesterday, Council agreed that in July a time-limited implementation board (including the office-holders and key executives) will consider proposals for a shakeup ...
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NewsLate-night court solicitors will be 'victims of postcode lottery' - Society
Chancery Lane says criminal legal aid firms already operate at little or no profit.
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NewsSociety tells attorney general: open advocacy panels to solicitors
All documentation for civil panels 'written with barristers in mind'.
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NewsErosion of privilege lambasted by Law Society
A row over the erosion of legal professional privilege in financial crime investigations has escalated following two decisions involving the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
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NewsLaw firms under fire over China business
A renowned human rights lawyer and the Law Society have sprung to the defence of legal firms under fire before a parliamentary committee for doing business in China.
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NewsLow prices won't guarantee access to justice, says Bourns
Society president attacks 'facile diagnosis' of regulator on publishing prices.