CMA worried about conveyancer reliance on developers
The Competition and Markets Authority has expressed concern that conveyancers’ advice to leasehold clients may be compromised by their relationships with developers.
Planning consultancy targets referrals with ABS
A planning consultancy has created an alternative business structure to handle the legal work associated with planning applications, targeting referrals from small law firms.
Ex-Asons boss agrees not to return to profession
The former boss of failed Bolton law firm Asons has undertaken not to return to legal practice without the permission of a High Court judge after facing contempt proceedings.
Mayson: Activity based regulation not a radical step
Moving to a system of regulating lawyers by the work they do, rather than the professional title they hold, would not be a radical departure from the current regime, Professor Stephen Mayson has suggested.
It’s official: Whiplash reforms delayed by five months
The Ministry of Justice today bowed to the inevitable and announced that implementation of the whiplash reforms will be delayed from 6 April to 1 August, while its plans for ADR have been ditched.
Whiplash: Decision to ditch ADR condemned
Claimant representatives have questioned whether the whiplash reform dealy is long enough, and also condemned the government for dropping the provision of ADR for cases where liability is disputed.
Commercial lawyer is one of first freelance solicitors
A commercial lawyer based in Stroud, Gloucestershire, who wants to “be her own boss” is to become one of the first of the new breed of freelance solicitors.
XR protest set to target Slaughters first, with more to come
Slaughter and May will tomorrow become the first City law firm targeted for its work with fossil fuel companies by campaign group Lawyers for Extinction Rebellion.
Ban for paralegal convicted of online child abuse
A paralegal at a Cardiff law firm jailed last year after being convicted of 158 child abuse offences has been banned from the solicitors’ profession.
Peer calls for regulation overhaul as CMA plans review
A solicitor peer has urged the Ministry of Justice to act now and simplify the legal regulatory regime, saying nothing will change if it is left to the profession.
