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MPs’ support for Legal Services Act review divides opinion

26 March 2024

MPs’ backing for a review of legal regulation has split opinion in the market, pitching the Legal Services Consumer Panel and Professor Stephen Mayson against the Law Society.


Legal aid data collection “too great a burden” on providers

26 March 2024

Collecting data on the distances people travel to access legal aid and lawyers to represent them “would put too much of a burden on providers,” the Ministry of Justice said yesterday.


Defendant law firms “scaring off” legitimate employer’s liability claims

26 March 2024

At least £284m has been unclaimed from accidents at work in 2023, with workers increasingly reluctant to seek compensation from their employer, according to National Accident Helpline.


Shell seeks millions in costs from law firm over failed oil spill claim

25 March 2024

Listed law firm Rosenblatt is facing the prospect of having to pay out millions of pounds after the High Court allowed proceedings for costs orders against it to proceed.


SRA fines “unfair” and “schizophrenic”, solicitors argue

25 March 2024

The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s approach to fines has been branded unfair and “schizophrenic” in the wake of hefty penalties handed out to solicitors convicted of drink-driving.


Ex-solicitor struck off for bribes fails in bid to return to profession

25 March 2024

A former solicitor struck off after being jailed for five years for perverting the course of justice has failed in his attempt to return to the profession.


Knowles: Time for an “integrated” strategy for access to justice

25 March 2024

Government, lawyers, the pro bono sector and advice agencies need to come together to create a new, integrated strategy for access to justice, a High Court judge has argued.


MPs: Case to review Legal Services Act “growing stronger and stronger”

22 March 2024

The case for re-examining the regulatory framework created by the Legal Services Act 2007 is “growing stronger and stronger”, MPs have told the government.


Flood of lawyers swapping traditional firms for fee-share alternatives

22 March 2024

Lawyers continue to leave traditional law firms for fee-share practices in large numbers, with one of them hiring more last year than any law firm in the land.


Miller: Who lawyers decide to act for is not a regulatory issue

22 March 2024

Who lawyers choose to act for is not a regulatory issue – and the Solicitors Regulation Authority needs to be clear on this, a leading legal regulatory specialist said yesterday.

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