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The government has published an evaluation framework for the upcoming flexible operating hours pilots, which are due to begin on 2 September 2019.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is conducting a Criminal Legal Aid Review to consider the future of the criminal legal aid fee schemes.
We are calling on the new prime minister to prioritise fixing our justice system and ensuring the legal services sector remains diverse and globally competitive...
Amandeep Khasriya, associate solicitor at Moore Blatch, discusses what firms can do to retain talented women lawyers.
We responded to HMRC’s consultation on draft regulations relating to the offshore receipts in respect of intangible property tax rules.
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We have welcomed a parliamentary working group's recommendation that property agencies should be regulated.
Our conveyancing protocol is a set of steps to follow when acting in residential transactions of freehold and leasehold property.
Turkish citizens are resorting in vain to the European Court of Human Rights in ever greater numbers as trust in their domestic courts erodes.
We worked with the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Stonewall to support a mentoring scheme that helped firms promote LGBT+ inclusivity.
Californian Graduate Diploma in Law student Elijah Granet discusses how he’d innovate our legal system.
HMRC is hosting a webinar on stamp duty land tax on Tuesday 23 July from 12pm to 1pm.
We have responded to a Sentencing Council consultation on overarching principles: Sentencing offenders with mental health conditions or disorders.
Richard Miller speaks to Alice Mutasa, Vicki Butler and Valerie Robertson about issues facing the criminal justice system.
The Labour Party is consulting on wide-ranging proposals to end leasehold ownership of houses and flats and give new rights to leaseholders.
Jane Cassell of JC Independent Wills & Probate Ltd, wills solicitor, discusses lasting powers of attorney (LPAs).
We responded to the Legal Aid Agency's consultation on changes to the general crime contract following the Parole Board rules review.
The personal information of people who have applied for UK visas must have gold-plated protection following the end of the BLS subcontract.
We have partially welcomed ministers' endorsement of proposals to give consumers more information early in the home buying process.
The government’s new Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill will help end the ‘blame game’ for separating couples.
Simon Davis delivered his inaugural speech as the 175th president of the Law Society of England and Wales on 4 July in Chancery Lane.
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Our quality mark covers all types of personal injury work for defendant and claimant injury practitioners.
Jane Cassell of JC Independent Wills & Probate Ltd, wills solicitor, discusses Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs).
Trainee solicitor Hilda-Georgina Kwafo-Akoto discusses the role influencer marketing played in the promotion of Fyre Festival.
Remy Mohamed is a solicitor and the Grenfell project coordinator.
William McSweeney is the Law Society’s technology and law policy adviser, working on the impact of key emerging technologies on the law.
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