All Law Society activity articles – Page 67
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NewsTrainee minimum wage hope as Society consults
Solicitors Regulation Authority abolished regulatory minimum salary for trainee solicitors last year.
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NewsDoubts cast on Singapore legal liberalisation
US firm's joint venture may not be replicable, Law Society says.
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Opinion70 years without the ‘Wizard’
In 1945 the passing of David Lloyd George, the only solicitor to become prime minister, was marked with purple prose.
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NewsConveyancing portal Veyo reports registration surge
Almost half of conveyancing practices have signed up to the online system.
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NewsLaw Society appoints committee chairs
The Law Society has appointed three new committee chairs.
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NewsLaw Society reacts to cuts with unbundling guidance
Chancery Lane guidance suggests unbundled services may be appropriate for a number of practice areas but warns of risks.
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NewsTackle racism with humour – Warsi
Former cabinet minister speaking at launch of Law Society’s Ethnic Minority Lawyers Division.
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NewsLast minute adjournment in criminal legal aid appeal
Court of Appeal set to deliver judgment on lord chancellor’s controversial crime duty tender process next week.
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NewsSociety condemns new tax avoidance penalties
Tax law committee says it has ‘fundamental misgivings’ about proposals on ‘serial users of tax avoidance schemes’.
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NewsElection purdah threat to legal aid reforms
Even if the court backs the government, the reforms are likely to run into general election ‘purdah’, which begins on 30 March.
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NewsCriminal legal aid challenge resumes
Law Society and practitioner groups continue their fight in the Court of Appeal.
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Three new Law Society Excellence awards
Three new categories – of human rights, technology and private client practice – are included in the lineup for the Law Society Excellence Awards 2015.
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NewsRush to file claims as civil court levy kicks in
Fee changes were brought into force just seven weeks after they were announced, despite widespread opposition.
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OpinionCyber-threat warnings
The Law Society responds to a member’s concern over the alleged lack of an adequate ‘warning system’ for attempted frauds against solicitor firms.
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NewsAppeal granted on criminal legal aid
Court of Appeal to hear challenges to lord chancellor’s two-tier duty contract reforms on 10 and 11 March.
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NewsGrayling faces Magna Carta challenge to court fee hikes
Proposals tantamount to ‘selling justice’, contrary to the principles of 1215, Law Society says in pre-action protocol letter.
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NewsLPC graduates toil to find training contracts
Junior Lawyers Division calls difference in numbers of registered trainees and LPC course finishers ‘very discouraging’.
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Opinion‘He was articled to his father’
A century on, the Gazette's monthly Roll of Honour tells a poignant tale.
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NewsReport: look after ‘Generation Y’, or they’ll move on
New research by the Law Society highlights talent-retention headache caused by ‘millennial mobility’.