‘Directors from two legal businesses which generated £2.5m in fees by providing unregulated immigration advice have been fined nearly £17,000 and ordered to pay over £28,000 in compensation.’
Legal Futures, 7th January 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘As many as 3,000 law firms could be forced to close or merge over the next few years after the conveyancing bubble bursts and the recession really kicks in, a leading law firm consultant has warned.’
Legal Futures, 8th December 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Matthew Moore, director of Infolegal, advises family lawyers of their obligations under anti-money laundering regulations following changes [to the] wording of what constitutes taxation advice.’
Family Law Week, 24th November 2020
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘There is “much to celebrate” from the first decade of the Legal Services Act but the basic legal needs of many citizens are still not being met, the Legal Services Board (LSB) said today.’
Legal Futures, 25th November 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) could offer “activity-based licences”, allowing lawyers to provide individual reserved legal activities instead of its current “all or nothing” approach to regulation.’
Legal Futures, 29th October 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Speech delivered by the Lord Chancellor at Temple Church for the Opening of the Legal Year Service.’
Ministry of Justice, 2nd October 2020
‘Legal advice privilege extends to communications with foreign lawyers working in-house even if they are not recognised or regulated as “professional lawyers”, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 14th September 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Research showing significant regional variations in the price of legal advice “for what are fundamentally the same services” should encourage consumers to shop around, the Legal Services Board (LSB) said today.’
Legal Futures, 7th September 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Legal activity has bounced back to 130% of pre-Covid levels with conveyancing continuing to rise steadily and several other practice areas also buoyant, new figures have shown.’
Legal Futures, 28th August 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The lawyers and others who devise and market ineffective tax avoidance schemes are often breaking the law and a few legislative tweaks will make it easier to prosecute them, MPs have claimed.’
Legal Futures, 11th August 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Independent websites providing impartial information on the quality of legal services providers are needed to guide people looking for a lawyer, the Legal Services Consumer Panel has argued.’
Legal Futures, 20th July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A leading general counsel has attacked the assumption that in-house lawyers “leave their morals at the door” when they join their companies.’
Legal Futures, 15th July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is to launch a review of its approach to solicitors’ continuing competence, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 9th July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Automation in the legal profession will most probably be “a decades-long process” but artificial intelligence (AI) is redefining what it means to be a ‘great’ lawyer.’
Legal Futures, 6th July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘ “Warfare no longer looks like a tank driving over a battlefield,” says the head of Army Legal Services. These days lawyers are on the frontline – in every sense.’
Law Society's Gazette, 22nd June 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Alternative business structures (ABSs) are reshaping the boundaries of the law by emphasising the benefit of integrated professional services, rather than pure legal knowledge, a leading academic has argued.’
Legal Futures, 17th June 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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