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Legal firms struggling with new pensions scheme
A third of law firms are unsure how to handle the ‘tricky issues’ of compliance and administration surrounding auto-enrolment, the government scheme requiring employers to move workers into a pension plan, according to a survey. Failure to introduce a compliant scheme by your staging date ...
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‘No limits’ to regulation review
The Ministry of Justice has said there will be no limits to a far-reaching review of the regulation of legal services. Justice minister Helen Grant (pictured) today called on regulators and providers of legal services to show how the burden of regulation can be reduced. ...
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Starmer offers victims ‘right to review’
Victims of crime, including bereaved family members, will have the right to ask prosecutors to look again at a case following a decision not to charge or to discontinue proceedings. The government will today set out plans to allow appeals against decisions taken by the Crown ...
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SRA vigil as over 50 law firms fear collapse
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is continuing to supervise more than 50 firms at risk of financial collapse, after reporting a figure of 56 in March.
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What’s so bad about privatising our courts?
When I were a lad, the trains were genuinely horrible. They were dirty, usually late and (in my corner of Essex at least) they had manual doors so you could get on board while the train was still moving. It always ...
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Students warm to ABSs
A clear majority of law students (63%) believe that the advent of alternative business structures (ABSs) will provide wider employment opportunities for lawyers.
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Chancery Lane announces wills accreditation scheme
The Law Society has confirmed it will introduce a new accreditation scheme - the Wills and Inheritance Scheme - in the autumn.
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JR legal aid cuts ‘immunise government from challenge’ - silks
Ninety QCs have warned that government plans to cut legal aid for judicial review will ‘immunise’ the state from legal challenge.
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Legal aid cuts ‘will hammer middle England’
Four out of five adults in England and Wales would be unable to pay for a lawyer
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Fixed fees in legal aid ruled unlawful – in New Zealand
The Court of Appeal in New Zealand has ruled that a planned legal aid shakeup to introduce fixed fees is unlawful.
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Clients still failing to ‘shop around’
The Legal Services Board has called on regulators to provide clear information on provider performance
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Back to the drawing board on DBAs
So, nearly two months on from J-Day, has any brave soul attempted to do a damages-based agreement (DBA) yet? Thought not. The only one I have heard about was mentioned by a delegate from a large national firm at a Westminster Legal Policy Forum event the ...
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Legal firms looking to outsource back-office work
Outsourcing providers say they are experiencing a wave of interest from law firms looking to transfer the employment of back-office staff.la
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Society victory over banks’ derivatives products
The Law Society has persuaded the government to allow retail banks to offer derivatives products to business customers
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LSA now better reflected in firms’ business plans
The proportion of firms that expect to change their business strategy in response to the Legal Services Act has more than doubled in the last three years
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‘Simples’: Compare The Market owner BGL buys Minster Law
BGL Group, the owner of price-comparison site Compare the Market, has bought personal injury specialist Minster Law
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Culture change needed at BSB, says super-regulator
The Bar Standards Board will encounter ‘significant challenges’ in emulating the Solicitors Regulation Authority
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Colombia lawyers ‘still persecuted’ - Caravana report
Assassinations, death threats, unlawful detention and other abuses of lawyers continue unchecked in Colombia
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Former partner loses six-year discrimination case
A six-year employment dispute involving a law firm is finally over
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Tell clients to donate more in wills, charities group urges
A charities group has called on solicitors to remind clients to consider leaving money to good causes in their will, after a trial scheme increased legacies left by £1m.