“Too many people are looking to become solicitors in England and Wales. This is not an opinion, it is a fact based on the most recent annual report from the Law Society.”
The Lawyer, 25th April 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Legal degrees are proving popular with prisoners and ex-convicts – but can they ever become solicitors?”
The Guardian, 25th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Since the Law Society’s 2009 warning that the profession was oversubscribed student numbers have fallen, possibly too far.”
The Guardian, 22nd April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Law Society and Bar Council should investigate defamatory comments made on the Solicitors from Hell website to find an effective route of redress for firms named on the website, a High Court has said.”
The Lawyer, 18th April 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The latest annual statistical report from The Law Society has confirmed the extent to which law firms have so far failed to react to the increase in women in the profession, with the number of female solicitors nearly doubling over the last 10 years.”
Legal Week, 14th April 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Changes in regulation to emphasise outcomes that solicitors need to deliver for clients, rather than how they achieve them.”
The Guardian, 7th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Employers must act ‘proportionately’ when they provide women who are pregnant or on maternity leave with special treatment at work, an employment appeals tribunal has ruled.”
The Guardian, 6th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Law Society president has reacted to negative news coverage concerning the growth in the number of solicitors.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 5th April 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The owner of Solicitors from Hell, the website that blacklists law firms and solicitors, has been accused by a High Court judge of abusing the process of the court.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st April 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The High Court last week criticised the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) for the lack of published guidance on the sanctions it can impose, as it overturned fines levied on four partners at a Merseyside firm.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th March 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) board has approved the watchdog’s application to become a licensing authority for alternative business structures (ABSs) today (15 March).”
Legal Week, 15th March 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“A lawyer has used Facebook to serve a court summons, in what is believed to be the first such case in Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A solicitor involved in a ‘land banking’ scheme which cost investors their life savings was struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette. 10th March 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Despite delivering £4bn for sick miners and their families, exploitation by some solicitors cast a shadow over the profession.”
The Guardian, 8th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A High Court judge warned solicitors of the need to be clear in retainer letters, as he ruled that a firm had breached its contract by refusing to carry out further work for a client until he had paid his bills, in a decision that the judge admitted ‘may seem harsh’.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd March 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“There was no difference in principle between the ambit of a solicitor’s duty to the court in relation to the conduct and supervision of disclosure of documents and the conduct and supervision of any redaction of disclosable doccuments prior to inspection.”
WLR Daily, 24th February 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“It is a common observation among middle-aged lawyers that the increasing need to specialise very early in a legal career has changed the face of the profession. Time spent in a more general or rounded practice has been much reduced, leading to a situation where lawyers are making key decisions about their future specialism much earlier.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th February 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A Suffolk solicitor was suspended from practice last week after taking 19 years to settle a spinster’s estate.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th February 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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