News – Page 16
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NewsStudents face long wait for SQE2 exams
Hundreds of students will have their qualification as solicitors delayed, the Gazette has learned.
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NewsMishcon to help refugee lawyers requalify as solicitors
London firm announces partnership with SQE training provider.
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NewsAutomated contracts ‘happening now’ says master of rolls
Next phase of government-backed LawtechUK initiative promotes 'smarter ways of contracting'.
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News'Shambolic': family lawyers told divorce service will close soon
Practitioners worried that transition to new system will leave couples unable to officially split up.
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NewsCBA prepares to issue ballot papers on legal aid action
Jo Sidhu QC says barristers and solicitors cannot afford to wait until 2024 for an increase in fees.
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NewsCommercial firm to accept crypto payments
Gunnercooke expects option to be popular with clients in the cryptoasset sector.
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News'Negligible' £240 per firm could save indemnity fund - Society
Chancery Lane and consumer watchdog say SRA should 'think again' on SIF closure plan.
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NewsCriminal barristers to be balloted on legal aid action
Dominic Raab signalled last week that he would not rush response on reforms.
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News‘Like schoolchildren’ - judge lambasts solicitors’ behaviour in costs row
Latest ruling in ‘Dr Bitcoin’ litigation criticises 'unedifying mud-slinging' on both sides.
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NewsLondon firm to train solicitor-apprentices on business services
Farrer & Co says it does not want trainees to get 'bogged down' in the law straight away.
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NewsLand Registry trials 'quick phone call' to resolve queries
Telephone requisitions will be trialled for at least a month to see if service speeds up.
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NewsMediation convention 'aligns with UK's post-EU role'
Government consults on joining the Singapore Convention on Mediation.
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NewsE-signatures can provide 'witness-level' security, working group concludes
Interim report calls on government to ensure that 'as many official documents as possible' can be executed electronically.
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NewsSRA diversity data reveals minimal progress on ethnicity
Proportion of black solicitors has remained at 2% since 2019.
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NewsConveyancing fees rise by 21%, survey finds
Property agency says findings are unsurprising given 'sustained' demand last year.
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NewsSRA 'elevated' technical issue into dishonesty suspicion, court hears
Soophia Khan is seeking an order requiring the regulator to withdraw an intervention into her Leicester practice.
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NewsLawtech Sandbox pioneers to set out their wares
Strong focus on ‘self service’ access to justice as government-backed project nears end of funding.
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NewsULaw expands SQE empire
Partnerships announced with several universities and international firm White & Case.
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NewsFirst SQE results hit by IT glitches, data issues and delays
Candidates logging in were able to see data about other candidates, but SRA's exam provider says no reportable breach occurred.
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News'Good start': 53% pass first SQE assessment
Solicitors Regulation Authority says first tranche of results under new qualification route suggest exam was 'robust, fair and reliable'.