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Greene to step aside as Law Society president from 19 March

David Greene has decided to step aside from his role as president of the Law Society of England and Wales.

03 Mar 2021
Diversity scheme helps talented trainees enter the law

Talented aspiring solicitors are invited to apply for a place on the profession’s Diversity Access Scheme (DAS).

01 Mar 2021
Wills overlooked as a way of giving to charity

Our research shows that few people leave a gift to charity in their will despite high overall levels of charitable giving in the UK.

26 Feb 2021
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Task force formed to lead conveyancing reform

Leading conveyancing organisations are working together as the Conveyancing Task Force to discuss reform of the conveyancing process for the benefit of consumers and lawyers.

23 Feb 2021
Rise in recommended trainee minimum salary

The minimum salary for trainee solicitors we recommende has risen by 1.1% to £20,217 outside London and £22,794 in the capital.

22 Feb 2021
Swift stamp duty action needed to prevent dream home moves collapsing

Urgent action is needed to prevent tens of thousands of property market transactions collapsing at the cliff-edge end of the stamp duty holiday.

18 Feb 2021
Time to drag marriage laws into the 21st century

Marriage laws are creaking with age and are in need of urgent modernisation, we said in our response to the Law Commission’s review of marriage ahead of Valentine’s Day.

12 Feb 2021
Urgent cash injection needed to halt demise of criminal legal aid firms

We've warned that an injection of cash is urgently needed to halt the terminal decline in the number of criminal defence firms.

12 Feb 2021
Law Society joins the #10000BlackInterns initiative

We've joined the #10000BlackInterns initiative and and we encourage law firms and legal businesses to do the same.

08 Feb 2021
Housing mediation pilot must not replace the usual routes to access justice

We're cautious about a bid to ease the backlog of housing cases heading for court through a mediation pilot.

08 Feb 2021
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