We produce parliamentary briefings to raise awareness of issues affecting the legal profession and to campaign for changes to the law. View our latest briefings below.
The Society has expressed its opposition to the extension of closed material proceedings to ordinary civil cases in its briefing for peers ahead of the bill's report stage on Monday 12 November.
This briefing is concerned with the implications of the bill for the effective functioning of employment tribunals, and the impact on the parties who engage with the tribunal process.
This briefing sets out how you can lobby your MP to raise concerns about the removal of conveyancers from the lender panels of major banks.
The Justice and Security Bill is the product of the Green Paper on Justice and Security.
While the majority of the Bill's provisions will lead to a clearer, more proportionate defamation regime, the Society has serious concerns regarding one key proposal.
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill provides for reform in a number of different areas including green investment, employment, competition, directors’ remuneration and copyright.
The Law Society welcomes many of the provisions in the Crime and Courts Bill, but we have serious concerns in some areas.
The government set out a slimmer than usual legislative programme on Wednesday in a Queen's speech that contained just 15 bills and four draft bills.
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The Law Society has serious concerns over the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.
Richard Messingham (Head of Government and Parliamentary Affairs)020 7320 5858 richard.messingham@lawsociety.org.uk
Richard Heinrich (Assistant Government and Parliamentary Affairs adviser)020 7316 5527richard.heinrich@lawsociety.org.uk