Opinion – Page 11
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OpinionLaw firms need cash to compete
External investment could transform the UK legal market within five years.
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OpinionSRA 'jumping the gun'?
New vision for regulation should worry junior lawyers, says JLD chair Leanne Maund.
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OpinionThe impact of the IBA
What good is the International Bar Association to a criminal legal aid solicitor in Rotherham?
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Opinion
Unclear on transparency
How much more transparent can solicitors be? We have always been required to give clients an estimate of likely costs at the outset.
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OpinionOne size does not fit all
The big four’s successful business model relies on the cross-selling of products.
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OpinionAccounts rules changes – ignoring lawyers
The profession, clients and the SRA alike would struggle to cope with the regulator’s radical change to the definition of ‘client money’.
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OpinionWe are one profession
Foreign firms competing with world-class City practices will be delighted the LSB is seeking to degrade our quality mark.
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OpinionTouting situation is deteriorating
The SRA is dangerously proposing to water down public protection from touting.
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OpinionA UK centre for legal innovation?
The American Bar Association’s final report on the future of legal services raises some questions for us too.
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OpinionCollaborative platforms and Brexit – clarity needed
Brexit has muddied the waters when it comes to responding to guidelines on the sharing economy.
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Opinion‘Two-tier’ legal profession danger
Changes to the SRA Handbook would dilute client protections.
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OpinionABSs are no threat, so why treat them differently?
Non-lawyers must pledge to promote access to justice. That’s ridiculous.
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OpinionSRA: to catch a fake
Failure to deal swiftly with suspect credentials harms the profession’s reputation.
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OpinionFusion via the back door
Has the process of fusing the solicitor and barrister professions already begun?
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OpinionUnregulated online providers: a solution?
A US case offers a possible roadmap for responding to electronic platforms as regulators struggle to find a solution.
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OpinionThrow consumers to the wolves. It’s cheaper
Of course the unregulated legal sector is cheaper. That’s why it’s such a danger to clients.
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OpinionChancery Lane: managing the cost of our work
The Law Society wants to hear from solicitors as we change to meet your needs.
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OpinionThe Legal Services Consumer Panel: what now?
Watchdog is a lobbying group for one interest in a diminishing part of the legal ecosystem.
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OpinionThe IBA and lawyers
We should pay more attention to the International Bar Association. Directly and indirectly, its work affects what we do.