CLC ups financial pressure on firms to deal with complaints
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers is planning to ratchet up the financial pressure on the firms that fail to handle complaints properly under its ‘polluter pays’ approach.
Number of Bar students continues to grow
The number of students on Bar vocational courses has continued to grow since the pandemic, new figures have shown. Those with a first-class degree performed far better than others.
Law firm targets acquisitions after taking private equity backing
Beyond Law Group – which currently owns three practices – has accepted private equity investment as it plans to expand significantly through organic and acquisitive growth.
Welsh chambers breaks ground with first ICO legal services certification
The largest chambers in Wales has become the first legal services provider to obtain the new law-specific data protection certification approved by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Cheers for what’s in King’s Speech, boos for what’s not
The legal profession’s reaction to the King’s Speech yesterday focused as much on what is not in the government’s legislative priorities as what is.
CILEX set to make final decision on SRA switch in October
CILEX is set to make a final decision on whether to seek to transfer regulator to the Solicitors Regulation Authority in October, and has named a new chair and president.
Lack of trust preventing consumers from complaining to law firms
Trust in in the legal profession is relatively high – but not when it comes to believing law firms will deal with complaints properly, major research has found.
UN rapporteurs “seriously concerned” about online attacks on barrister
Four special rapporteurs appointed by the UN’s Human Rights Council have told the UK government about their concerns over the “ongoing harassment” of barrister Charlotte Proudman.
Senior associate who exposed clients to “unknown risks” struck off
A senior associate who completed a transaction without an executed mortgage deed, exposing both the lender and lay clients to “unknown and unacceptable risks”, has been struck off.
“Generational shift in priorities” between aspiring and established lawyers
There is “a significant generational shift in priorities” between those seeking their first job as a lawyer and those already working for law firms, a report has found.
