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Ombudsman warns of ‘confusion’ over legal services
Confusion over regulation of legal services is leaving consumers vulnerable and exposed, the Legal Ombudsman concludes today. Adam Sampson will publish his first annual report to parliament later today, following the launch of the organisation in October 2010. Sampson said that despite ...
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Regulator to miss October deadline for ABSs
The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that the Solicitors Regulation Authority will miss its 6 October deadline for an ABS licence.
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PII premiums not affected by ethnicity or conveyancing work
Law firms do not face higher insurance premiums because they conduct residential conveyancing work or are run by black and ethnic minority lawyers, an authoritative study has indicated. Law Society-commissioned research into last year’s professional indemnity insurance renewal found that while more firms overall had experienced ...
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LSC invites tenders for Immigration Advisory Service work
The Legal Services Commission (LSC) is inviting expressions of interest from immigration contract holders wishing to take on some of the 8,000 file caseload of the Immigration Advisory Service (IAS), which went into administration on 8 July. Administrator Cork Gully has disclosed that the open ...
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Cameron supportive of referral fees ban
A ban on referral fees has edged one step closer with David Cameron admitting he is ‘sympathetic’ to the idea this week. The prime minister was drawn into the debate on the fees by a question from Liberal Democrat MP David Ward during PMQs on Wednesday. ...
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Filesharing cases settled
The long-running filesharing cases brought by London firm ACS:Law have come to an end, as the Solicitors Regulation Authority has published the allegations faced by the solicitor at the heart of the controversial claims. Manchester firm Ralli, which acted for a number of defendants alleged to ...
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Solicitors are not as good at writing wills as they assume
Solicitors offering wills are quite rightly worried about how they will compete with new providers, both on- and off-line, as they increasingly enter the market. If matching these interlopers on price isn’t an option because of the higher regulatory costs faced by law firms, then ...
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Practice - parties
Joinder of parties - Joinder of defendant - Claimant bringing proceedings for wrongful dismissal Shetty v Al Rushaid Petroleum Investment Company and others [2011] All ER [D] 195 [Jun], Christopher Pymont QC [2011] EWHC 1460 (ch) ...
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Landlord and tenant
Service charge - Flat - Restriction on recovery of service charge Brent London Borough Council v Shulem B Association Ltd [2011] All ER (D) 238 (Jun), (Morgan J) [2011] EWHC 1663 (Ch) ...
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Arbitration
Award - Enforcement - Action to enforce award Sovarex SA v Romero Alvarez SA [2011] All ER (D) 225 (Jun), [2011] EWHC 1661 (Comm) The claimant company allegedly contracted with ...
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Human rights
Inhuman or degrading treatment - Expulsion - Whether convention rights would be violated Sufi and another v United Kingdom: European Court of Human Rights, Judge Garlicki (president), Judges Bratza, Mijovic, Jebens, Hirvela, Bianku and De Gaetano, and F Araci ...
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Further restrictions to reduce annual net migration
Following changes to the Immigration Rules implemented on 6 April, including the execution of an annual cap of 20,700 migrants to work in skilled professions under Tier 2 (General) of the points-based system (PBS), the government continues to identify further restrictions to achieve its stated aim of reducing annual net ...
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European arrest warrant needs reform
I read with interest Joshua Rozenberg’s recent column on the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ call for reform of the European arrest warrant.
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Legal aid delay
Not only are we threatened with massive legal aid cuts, but the Legal Services Commission seems to be becoming slower at processing work. On 8 June, I exercised devolved powers to grant emergency legal aid to a client in connection with an appeal against a ...
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All together now
The proposed decimation of legal aid is scandalous for a number of obvious reasons. I suggest that the legal profession indicates its outrage by refusing to act for the government or any MP voting in favour of the changes. Instead, ...
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Cafcass problem
Your report of Anthony Douglas’ comments on A County Council v K and others [2011] EWHC 1672 underlines the view held by many children panel solicitors that he is too fond of putting a gloss on any criticism of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass). ...
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How legal authors can make it into print
Hundreds of law books (and an increasing number of ebooks) are published every year on every legal topic; whether student books, handbooks, or ‘black letter’ law books. All of these books/ebooks started out as nothing more than ideas, either in the head of the author ...