All Law Society activity articles – Page 72
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NewsTackle ‘credibility vacuum’, regulator told
The Law Society says the SRA should offer more advisory support as a precursor to enforcement.
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OpinionAn Orwellian nightmare
Not one country has joined the Law Society in speaking up for Turkey’s persecuted lawyers. That has to change.
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NewsLower number of City deals – report
City Legal Index figures could indicate slowdown in overall UK economic growth in 2015.
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NewsGazette plea sparks constitution debate
Regular contributor Roger Smith’s call for lawyers to ‘lead from the front’ is heeded as heavyweight speakers line up for free March event.
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NewsLaw Society: give accountants more guidance on breaches
Chancery Lane responds to consultation on issues that would require accounts to be sent to the regulator.
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NewsSociety hits out at new EU rules for mortgages
The Treasury has been tasked with implementing the EU mortgage credit directive by March 2016.
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NewsSociety mounts challenge to new court fees
Solicitors warn new charges will restrict justice to those who can afford it.
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NewsMerseyside summit to tackle legal aid cuts
Meeting will focus on the effect of reforms in the housing and welfare benefits sector.
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Law Society backing for outreach
CLOCK was set up in 2012 to assist those without representation in court with housing, welfare, family relations and community safety issues.
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Turkish lawyers concern
The Law Society will use its UN special consultative status to register its concern at human rights violations committed by Turkey against hundreds of lawyers.
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FeatureCriminal defence: the defiant ones
Criminal defence specialists are hurting and career prospects are bleak. But many retain the appetite to fight for a viable future.
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NewsLiverpool support for apprenticeships
Local law society promoting new pathways into the legal profession.
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NewsLaw Society voices ‘dual regulation’ fears
Yesterday’s postponement of changes to the regulation of consumer credit offers no guarantees, Chancery Lane stresses.
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NewsQuarter of homebuyers ‘would pay more’ for conveyancing
Poll by embryonic portal Veyo finds dealing with solicitors is ‘key stress point’.
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NewsOnline JAC to ease solicitor applications
New website supports changes to the application process designed to make it more friendly to solicitors.
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NewsLawyers and MPs round on ‘absurd’ JR reforms
Widespread alarm over the government’s revised plans to change the rules on granting permission for judicial review.
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NewsBack to school
Law Society vice-president Jonathan Smithers (centre) joined City law firm Olswang and Blackstone Chambers to meet students at Haverstock School in Chalk Farm, London. They discussed topical issues, including human rights, consumer law, police powers and social media. The visit was undertaken as part of the Lawyers in Schools programme ...
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NewsCriminal legal aid information ‘not perfect but sufficient’ – MoJ
Lord chancellor's defence of crime duty tender process to be heard in the High Court on Monday.
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NewsGrayling's legal aid reforms 'irrational', Law Society argues
Judicial review of crime duty tender process began today.
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NewsCentralised assessment of aspiring solicitors ‘unthinkable’
People ‘should not be able to walk in off the street and take the exams’, Law Society tells the SRA.