Consumers happy with shift to online legal services, survey finds
The pandemic has accelerated the shift to the online delivery of legal services, with consumers generally happy with the experience, major new research has found.
Work of company lawyers becoming trickier, says CMA boss
The work of lawyers advising large companies has become harder because clients are not as concerned to protect their reputations as they once were, the solicitor boss of the CMA has said.
CA rejects privilege challenge to file access in lawyer negligence claim
The solicitors to claimants who acquired a cause of action to sue the insolvent defendant’s lawyers for professional negligence cannot be prevented from accessing privileged material.
M&A round-up: Taylor Rose MW eyes North-West expansion after deal
Leading consumer law firm Taylor Rose MW is targeting “significant” expansion in the North-West of England after acquiring Warrington practice FDR Law, as we round up a slew of recent M&A activity.
Florida becomes latest state to move towards allowing ABSs
Florida has become the latest American state to move towards allowing alternative business structures, while British Columbia has launched a regulatory sandbox to encourage innovation in Canada.
Buckland welcomes new CILEX qualification after regulatory green light
The Lord Chancellor has welcomed the approval of the redesigned qualification that allows students without degrees to qualify as chartered legal executives with full practice rights.
Back to the future for QualitySolicitors as Metamorph buys network
QualitySolicitors is set for rejuvenation as a national network of law firms after being acquired by consolidator Metamorph Group, which aims to triple its membership.
LSB: Bar regulator “put interests of profession ahead of the public”
The Bar Standards Board places “a disproportionate weight on the impact of its work on the profession” and pays insufficient regard to the impact on the public, the Legal Services Board said today.
SQE will “move the bottleneck” from law schools to employers
The Solicitors Qualifying Exam will make it easier for people to qualify as solicitors but move the “bottleneck” to newly qualified roles, a leading academic and the training head of a major law firm have predicted.
Solicitor struck off after child pornography and cannabis convictions
A solicitor who received a suspended jail sentence after being convicted of making indecent images of children and producing cannabis has been struck off.
