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RateMyBarrister.com brings in the solicitors
Thursday, 23 April 2015The young entrepreneur behind RateMyBarrister.com has expanded the site to include solicitors. William Rees, a barrister based in Cardiff, accepted that this would mean finding a new domain name.
Tags: Barristers, Legal Services Consumer Panel
Posted in Consumer panel, Latest news, Marketing & PR
We’ve had to make “difficult judgement calls”, consumer panel chair admits
Friday, 10 April 2015The Legal Services Consumer Panel has had to make “difficult judgement calls” in balancing the competing needs for increased access to services with consumer protection, the panel’s chair, Elisabeth Davies, has admitted.
Tags: Legal Ombudsman, Legal Services Act, Legal Services Consumer Panel, unregulated services
Posted in Consumer panel, Latest news
Consumer panel attacks CLC over plans to halve compensation grants
Wednesday, 8 April 2015The Legal Services Consumer Panel has strongly attacked plans by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers to cut the size of grants from its compensation fund from £1m to £500,000 – a quarter of the amount clients of solicitors can claim.
Tags: compensation fund, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, Legal Services Consumer Panel
Posted in Consumer panel, Latest news, Other lawyers, Regulation
No evidence of regulatory risks from online divorce, research finds
Thursday, 19 March 2015There is no evidence of online divorce leading to regulatory risks, joint research by the Legal Services Board and Legal Services Consumer Panel has found. The report found high levels of satisfaction with face-to-face legal advice (79%) and online (83%).
Tags: divorce, Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, Online Legal Services
Posted in Consumer panel, Latest news, Legal Services Act, Legal Services Board
QC status “should be extended” beyond barristers and solicitors
Wednesday, 18 March 2015QC status should be available to all advocates appearing in the higher courts, whether or not they are barristers or solicitors, the Legal Services Consumer Panel has said. It also reiterated its call for re-accreditation and ongoing competence checks for those with the mark.
Tags: advocacy, Legal Services Consumer Panel, solicitor-advocates
Posted in Consumer panel, Latest news, Legal Services Act
SRA providing solicitors’ data to just one comparison website
Wednesday, 11 March 2015Almost three months after the Solicitors Regulation Authority opened up its database to comparison websites, only one is actually receiving any information, it has emerged. Meanwhile the Bar Standards Board has opened its Barristers’ Register to the public.
Tags: bar standards board, comparison websites, Legal Services Consumer Panel, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
Law Society warns LeO away from taking on complaints against unregulated providers
Monday, 2 March 2015The Law Society has told the Legal Ombudsman that solicitors’ practising certificate fees should not be used for ‘thought leadership’ exercises that extend beyond legal services.
Tags: Law Society, Legal Ombudsman, Legal Services Consumer Panel, unregulated services
Posted in Consumer panel, Latest news, Legal Ombudsman, Regulation, Solicitors
Separate business rule reform will “unlock” competition and innovation in legal market
Monday, 16 February 2015The Legal Services Consumer Panel has given “qualified support” to plans by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to rewrite the separate business rule. The panel said the existing rule had “fallen into disrepute”.
Tags: Legal Services Consumer Panel, separate business rule, Solicitors Regulation Authority, unregulated providers
Posted in Consumer panel, Latest news, Legal Services Act, Regulation, Solicitors
LeO opens door to investigating “tightly defined” third-party complaints
Tuesday, 23 December 2014There is scope for the Legal Ombudsman (LeO) to offer redress to third parties, as long as the complaints involved could be “clearly and tightly defined”, a report by a LeO working party has found.
Tags: Legal Ombudsman, Legal Services Consumer Panel, LeO, Office for Legal Complaints
Posted in Consumer panel, Latest news, Legal Ombudsman, Legal Services Act
Panel backs SRA’s move to ditch regulation of consumer credit work
Wednesday, 17 December 2014The Legal Services Consumer Panel has thrown its weight behind the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in arguing that it should no longer regulate consumer credit work.
Tags: Legal Services Consumer Panel, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
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The ongoing rise and challenge of housing disrepair in council properties
Britain’s housing disrepair crisis has quietly evolved into one of the most consequential legal and political issues facing the country’s social housing sector.
Source of funds is where AML really gets tested
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