Law Society president Lucy Scott-Moncrieff has praised the flexible working practices of leading law firms and businesses for opening the boardroom door to talented women.
The Law Society has warned the Government that the UK could lose up to £3 billion a year if a new patents court is based on the European mainland. The warning comes following a report which showed the impact on the intellectual property industry if the court is not based in London.
We have publish our 2012 PII Buyers' Guide, which provides detailed guidance to all solicitors in choosing brokers and insurers when renewing their professional indemnity insurance (PII) cover.
John Wotton said the Society must strongly supports efforts to increase social mobility within the profession
The Law Society has warned that plans to introduce a Common European Sales Law (CESL) are unlikely to increase cross-border trade and would prove costly and confusing.
Law firm Viberts in Jersey has become the first law firm in the Channel Islands to secure the Law Society of England & Wales' law management quality mark, Lexcel.
The Law Society's call for the Solicitors Regulation Authority to extend a scheme that provides solicitors' professional indemnity insurance (PII) post -six year run-off cover has been heeded.
The Law Society has warned that making it easier for small businesses to dismiss people will not help them grow. The warning comes after proposals in the Beecroft report emerged, giving small businesses greater scope to dismiss employees.
The Law Society and HSBC announced today an agreement whereby HSBC will amend its conveyancing approach to enable all solicitors accredited with the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) home-buying quality mark to act for HSBC as well as its mortgage customers.
Law firm Trowers & Hamlins has been awarded the Law Society of England & Wales' Lexcel legal quality mark across all of its international offices. The firm is the first to gain the award in the Middle East.
New research from the Law Society's Law Management Section (LMS) reveals that legal practices are continuing to show signs of growth.
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