“The LSB is today launching a new discussion paper setting out its approach to ensuring standards of regulation in the legal services sector.”
Legal Services Board, 26th April 2011
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
“Employment solicitors have seen a surge in clients seeking advice on work-related disputes, according to figures seen by the Gazette.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th April 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The legal ombudsman has warned that consumers will need to take even greater care checking the regulatory status of firms offering legal services when the legal world experiences its equivalent of the big bang this autumn.”
The Guardian, 6th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Law Society’s decision to back an application by its regulatory arm to oversee alternative business structures applications is a significant step.”
The Guardian, 25th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Today I am talking to Neil Rose of Legal Futures about the changing legal landscape in 2011. Legal Futures is the brainchild of Neil Rose, who has been writing about the Legal Services Act since its genesis in the OFT report of 2001. Neil is a highly experienced legal journalist, having spent 12 years working on the Law Society’s Gazette, latterly as Deputy Editor and including a lengthy spell as Acting Editor in 2007. A qualified solicitor, he went freelance in January 2008.”
Charon QC, 7th March 2011
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
“An in-depth study into education and training within the profession will address the current ‘mismatch’ between the number of Legal Practice Course graduates and training contracts, and will assess the role of paralegals, the Legal Services Board has said.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th February 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The oversupply of qualified lawyers denied entry to the profession has led to a ‘burgeoning body of paralegals’ that will have a profound effect on solicitors and barristers, former bar chairman Nick Green QC said last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd February 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Speech by Lord Justice Carnwath, Senior President of Tribunals
Commonwealth Law Conference, 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“As the AA and Saga launch online portals, more than half of law firms say they expect to lose work to non-lawyer competitors.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The implications of the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) for local government legal services will be immense.”
The Lawyer, 20th October 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Do advertisements for ‘no win, no fee’ personal injury (PI) services need curbing? They may not exactly be what John Logie Baird had in mind when he first transmitted moving images, but tackiness should not on its own be enough to shut down a route to injured people gaining access to justice. Nor to close off a lucrative source of income for the cash-strapped advertising industry.”
The Guardian, 12th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Black and female young offenders are being denied access to justice because legal advice in young offenders’ institutions is sometimes unavailable, a report shows.”
The Guardian, 5th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers who bring the industry into disrepute by charging huge prices for services will no longer get away with it, the new Legal Ombudsman has said.”
BBC News, 5th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“People who are dissatisfied with the service they have received from their lawyer can, from this Wednesday, complain to a legal ombudsman. The ombudsman can compel all regulated lawyers to comply with its investigations, and has the power to impose penalties ranging from apologising to a client, through to paying up to £30,000 compensation.”
The Guardian, 3rd October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A review of health and safety laws by a Tory peer is understood to recommend that the activities of personal injury and negligence lawyers should be curbed. The recommendation is one of 40 in a review of health and safety legislation by Lord Young of Graffham, a former trade secretary in Margaret Thatcher’s Government.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Speaking at an event hosted by the Law Society, Jonathan Djanogly stressed the importance of alternative business structures (ABS).”
Ministry of Justice, 23rd September 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
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