‘A string of recent cases indicate that judges may be increasingly tempted to remind solicitors of their duty to act impartially in litigation, in an era of alternative business structures (ABSs) where their loyalties might be tested, according to a leading criminal lawyer.’
Legal Futures, 13th February 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Future Regulation – forward or backward? (PDF)
Legal Services Board, 3rd December 2013
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
“Legal Services Board clarifies its stance on licensing special bodies as alternative business structures (ABS).”
Legal Services Board, 26th September 2013
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/
“It was a fitting end to a year’s presidency that has witnessed unprecedented changes in the way legal services are funded and delivered. On 1 July, just 10 days before she is to step down, Lucy Scott-Moncrieff was able to tell the profession that government has at last bowed to Law Society pressure and agreed to retain client choice at the heart of the criminal legal aid system.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th July 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Legal Services Board (LSB) has been critical of the length of the time the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has taken to approve alternative business structures (ABSs), it has emerged.”
Legal Futures, 20th June 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“A growing amount of legal work could be ‘de-lawyered’ and provided by organisations that offer a wide range of legal and non-legal services, the strategy director of the Legal Services Board (LSB) has suggested.”
Legal Futures, 4th June 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“There will be plenty of lawyers crowing over the failure of In-Deed Online. Expect a lot of ‘I told you so-ing’. It will be used as evidence that alternative business structures (ABSs) are flawed and that the much-heralded change in the legal market will prove to be a bust.”
Legal Futures, 3rd June 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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