Property logbooks next on list for home-buying reform
The property logbook is the next initiative to be investigated as part of work to speed up the home-moving process, although lockdown has hit other projects.
GMC can investigate solicitor doctor over legal advice
A claim that a solicitor who is also a doctor provided dishonest advice to his clients can be subject to the General Medical Council’s disciplinary process, the High Court has ruled
EHRC urges compulsory disability training for lawyers
Disability awareness should be a professional requirement, and a mandatory element of criminal lawyers’ CPD, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has recommended.
Exclusive: Unbundled family law service gaining traction
A ground-breaking remote service offering fixed-fee unbundled family law advice to litigants in person has been boosted by the sudden familiarity people have with talking to others online.
Sweary senior partner wins damages reassessment
An employment tribunal has been ordered to reconsider the £47,000 in damages that it awarded to a paralegal subjected to foul-mouthed tirades by the senior partner of a London law firm.
Trainee falsified LPC certificate to trick SRA
A trainee solicitor who applied to join the roll with a falsified certificate that he had passed the legal practice course has been banned from the profession.
Legal regulators cool on the idea of being abolished
Legal regulators have reacted coolly to the recommendation of Professor Stephen Mayson that they be replaced by a single organisation, arguing instead the case for specialism.
Mayson calls for single regulator of all legal services
All providers of legal services, whether legally qualified or not, should be registered and regulated by a single regulator, Professor Stephen Mayson’s two-year review has concluded.
Law firm mergers survive virus “shock”
Law firm mergers are still being planned, despite the coronavirus pandemic, although they may take longer to get over the line, experts have predicted.
MoJ stalls on next wave of PI reform
The Ministry of Justice continues to stall on when it will progress the next wave of personal injury reform, while defending the controversial decision to drop ADR from the new whiplash portal.
