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SQE consultation opens round 2 from SRA

  Paul Philip, SRA Chief Executive, said: “We think there is a strong case for the SQE and this consultation spells it out in more detail. We have taken on board a wide range of views and gathered more evidence, and I would like to thank the many organisations that have helped us to refine and […]

Bar Standards Board let equality and diversity data slip

Bar regulators have allowed equality and diversity initiatives to slip and have been told to act immediately to restore them, the watchdog’s independent observer has said. Isobel Leaviss, who has the role of providing independent oversight of the Bar Standards Board, said that she was “surprised” not to have found publicly available equality and diversity […]

Middlesex Law Society Continuing Competence program

Audit Compliance Ltd have in association with Middlesex Law Society launched the Continuing Competence programme which starts at Middlesex University Hebron Campus on Thursday 20th and Tuesday 25th October and at the University of West London on Thursday 27th October Booking Form and details of Compliance Workshops at the Middlesex University Hendon Campus 20 & […]

Disbursements often missed

In a recent survey with Today’s Conveyancer, Scott Bozinis, CEO of InfoTrack :“The results demonstrate that with over 60% of conveyancers receiving multiple invoices for any given matter, it is possible to miss disbursements. It is clear that accessing multiple websites for a single matter makes it difficult to keep on top of billing. A […]

LSB proposes to remove diversity ‘model questionnaire’

A consultation paper published today states that some regulators have ‘now moved past’ the 2011 guidance, ‘while others have started collecting the data but have not used the information gathered to begin to inform policy decisions’. Regulators would be required to: build a ‘clear and thorough’ understanding of the diversity profile of their respective regulated communities; […]

Middlesex Law Society Continuing Competence 2017

in association with To become a member of  Middlesex Law Society MLS Membership Form MLS Continuing Competence Program 2017 Education Committee Letter   and A successful workshop was held at Middlesex University on Thursday 20th October 2016. Amy Bell was the main speaker supported by Michael Garson, our Council Member and The Law Society Treasurer. The Middlesex Law […]

LSB unhappy that IBA says ‘creeping government control’

The Legal Services Board has hit back at the International Bar Association for citing it as an example of creeping government control of the legal profession.  International Bar Association task force said the LSB, set up under the Legal Services Act, was an example of ‘external involvement in the regulatory scheme’.  ‘Where there is some executive […]

BSB demands barristers “speak fluent english”

The Bar Standards Board list of “threshold standard competences” 36-page document sets out “the minimum level or standard to which the competences should be performed on day one of practice”. Barristers, says the “professional statement” document, “will have an effective command of the language and be able to use it appropriately, accurately and fluently so as […]

Dixon says AI not taken over yet!

Law Society chief executive Catherine Dixon said that the market is ‘clearly embracing AI in its work’ with 22 major firms publicly acknowledging its use. ‘These are mostly large commercial firms but we believe this will soon spread,’ she said. As for the question of whether AI would make whole swathes of the profession redundant, […]

MORI pole by TLS about SRA changes showed “considerable disquiet”.

The survey which was conducted by Ipsos MORI, showed “considerable disquiet among those members of the public”. Catherine Dixon, the society’s chief executive, said: “Changes to the rules governing solicitors are liable to be met with widespread opposition among the public. We urge the SRA to think again as their proposals will undermine public confidence […]