by Rob | Aug 23, 2014 | News
The Law Society has urged firms not to wait to secure indemnity insurance this year despite uncertainty being lifted about minimum cover requirements.
by Rob | Aug 22, 2014 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is inviting people to register for a webinar, Managing risk – it’s good for business, on 10 September 2014, 12.30—13.30.
by Rob | Aug 22, 2014 | News
The SRA has welcomed today’s joint announcement by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Education that the apprenticeship standards for the Trailblazers in Law initiative have been approved.
by Rob | Aug 20, 2014 | News
The conveyancing market is busy again and many firms are trying to recruit additional staff to cope with the increased demand; however, it’s very much a buyer’s market, and good staff are increasingly hard to find.
by Rob | Aug 20, 2014 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has agreed to share its data on solicitors with comparison websites set up by third parties by the end of this year.
by Rob | Aug 20, 2014 | News
A new apprenticeship route to legal careers has been approved by the government, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Education announced today.
by Rob | Aug 20, 2014 | News
The Property Ombudsman has rejected claims that the new Code is unclear as to whether properties that are SSTC or Under Offer should be labelled as such when marketing continues.
by Rob | Aug 20, 2014 | News
The Property Ombudsman has said that estate agents should use the term Under Offer, rather than Sold Subject to Contract.
by Rob | Aug 19, 2014 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority confirmed today that it will not be able to reduce the minimum terms of indemnity insurance cover in time for most firms to renew this year.
by Rob | Aug 19, 2014 | News
The effect of this notice is that the SRA has been invited to provide further information to the LSB to support the application and to further extend the time (August 2015) available to the LSB to consider the application.
by Rob | Aug 19, 2014 | News
Alternative business structures (ABSs) set up by local authorities should improve access to justice without threatening private practice law firms, according to the lawyers who advised on the first two council licences.
by Rob | Aug 19, 2014 | News
Lawyers suffering from depression often don’t want to talk about it. But the profession needs to do more.
by Rob | Aug 19, 2014 | News
The Legal Services Board has called on legal sector regulators to provide more transparency regarding how the practising certificate fee is spent.
by Rob | Aug 15, 2014 | News
The Law Society has chosen Catherine Dixon to replace Des Hudson as its chief executive.
by Rob | Aug 15, 2014 | News
Passing a two-day course will enable accountants to start offering probate law services to the public, after the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) yesterday officially received the power to regulate probate and licence alternative...
by Rob | Aug 15, 2014 | News
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales has today become the first organisation outwith the legal sector to gain the power to regulate probate and license alternative business structures.
by Rob | Aug 15, 2014 | News
Catherine Dixon, currently chief executive of the NHS Litigation Authority, is to replace Desmond Hudson as chief executive of The Law Society.
by Rob | Aug 12, 2014 | News
New warnings have been issued about fraudster conveyancing firms and the dangers posed to buyers sending off their purchase funds.
by Rob | Aug 12, 2014 | News
Slater & Gordon (S&G) has announced UK revenues of just over £100m for its last financial year, and indicated that further acquisitions are to come in the coming 12 months.
by Rob | Aug 11, 2014 | News
Manchester firm Robert Meaton & Co has been closed down by the Solicitors Regulation Authority due to suspected dishonesty by one of the partners.
