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The Law Society has responded to the SRA's consultation on its 'red tape' initiative, which aims to remove unnecessary regulations and simplify processes.
New rules on instructing experts in family courts come into force on 31 January 2013. We have developed a suite of templates to help practitioners.
The Law Society is warning solicitors to check the financial strength of an insurer before purchasing their next professional indemnity insurance (PII) policy, to find out whether the company will be able to meet insurance claims.
The Supreme Court, by a majority of 5:2, has decided that legal professional privilege only applies to qualified lawyers – solicitors and barristers.
The Law Society, the Legal Services Board and the Ministry of Justice have published the results of a research project into the supply of legal services by solicitors' firms.
We support the development and recognition of alternative routes as long as the quality of new entrants to the profession is maintained at the current high level.
It has been just over one year since the solicitors' profession adopted outcomes-focused regulation (OFR). Law Society chief executive Desmond Hudson looks at how the SRA and the profession have fared.
The Law Society has taken the unprecedented step of urging the profession not to follow the Solicitors Regulation Authority's (SRA) new rules on recommending financial advisers to clients.
The Law Society is adding to its suite of compliance support tools with the launch of 13 new compliance documents aimed at helping firms meet their regulatory obligations.
Each year the Law Society conducts research to understand the extent to which firms experience difficulties in obtaining professional indemnity insurance (PII).
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