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07 Dec 2015 Home affairs

SRA proposes a Solicitors Qualifying Examination for all new solicitors

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is proposing a shake-up in the way solicitors qualify, with a consultation on a new standardised system for assessing trainees.

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03 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Law Society statement on scrapping of criminal courts charge

Law Society president Jonathan Smithers said:

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03 Dec 2015 Home affairs

SRA's latest Business Plan continues good work

The SRA has today published its latest Business Plan, setting out how it will build upon the progress made in the last 12 months.

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02 Dec 2015 Home affairs

SRA backs call for independent legal regulators

The SRA Board has today welcomed the Government proposals to make legal service regulators independent from their representative bodies.

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30 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Law Society responds to Treasury announcement on legal regulation and competition

The legal profession must be free to set the standards and rules under which it operates, says theChief executive of The Law Society, Catherine Dixon.

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30 Nov 2015 Home affairs

SRA helps small firms stay ahead of the game

As part of its regular review of risks for the legal sector, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has today (30 November) issued advice to help small law firms stay one step ahead of the issues they face.

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30 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Law Society will strongly oppose measures to restrict use of in-house advocates

Clients should be able to choose which lawyer they want to represent them in court, the Law Society said today.

New guidelines for solicitors provide more protection for public

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27 Nov 2015 Home affairs

New guidelines for solicitors provide more protection for public

Yesterday, a new set of guidelines setting out the principles solicitors should follow was released by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

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25 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Police Federation response to comprehensive spending review

Please find below the Police Federation's response to this afternoon's comprehensive spending review.

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23 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Guidance for solicitors on working with transgender employees published in Transgender Awareness Week

The Law Society today publishes guidance for solicitors on good practice in working with transgender employees.

18 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Prisoner rehabilitation suffering due to understaffing

Writing for PoliticsHome after her visit to Aylesbury prison, shadow prisons minister Jenny Chapman reports on the overstretched prison officers struggling to provide rehabilitation to inmates.

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17 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Law firms take SRA's A Question of Trust campaign into office

The SRA's interactive 'A Question of Trust' campaign has caught the attention of law firms, with a number asking the regulator for help to explore the issues with their staff

17 Nov 2015 Home affairs

“Intolerable” criminal courts charge is an affront to a fair trial

Labour MP, Tulip Siddiq, calls for the Government to reconsider the intolerable “travesty of a policy” that is the criminal courts charge.

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13 Nov 2015 Home affairs

The Law Society calls for independent review into legal aid duty contract procurement process in light of widespread litigation

The Law Society is calling for an independent review of the legal aid duty contract procurement process following the widespread litigation brought by criminal legal aid practitioners who are gravely concerned that the evaluation process used by the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) was flawed.

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12 Nov 2015 Economy

Consumer credit regulation passes next hurdle

The Solicitors Regulation Authority's proposed regime for consumer credit regulation has passed its latest hurdle.

Global businesses will spend more on cybersecurity - EY survey

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10 Nov 2015 Economy

Global businesses will spend more on cybersecurity - EY survey

More than half of UK organisations plan to increase their cybersecurity budgets over coming 12 months, EY survey finds

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09 Nov 2015 Economy

SRA championing innovation in the legal sector

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has today (9 November) unveiled a new initiative to support legal services firms that want to innovate and grow their business in creative ways.

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09 Nov 2015 Economy

Law Society publishes equal pay guidance for law firms

Equal pay is a legal obligation, says Law Society.

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04 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Bar Council warns over “double lock” safeguards in Draft Investigatory Powers Bill

Responding to todays publications of the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill, Alistair MacDonald QC, Chairman of the Bar, said:

03 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Going soft on white collar crime?

Labour's Shadow Attorney General Catherine McKinnell MP writes in response to the Westminster Hall debate today on 'Prosecuting corporate economic crime'.

03 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Keep corporate liability under the spotlight

Conservative MP Byron Davies is a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Anti-Corruption and a former Police Detective. He is calling on Government to keep the spotlight on corporate and economic crime.

03 Nov 2015 Health

'The practice of ‘conversion’ therapy has no place in our society, our health care system or in our schools'

Conservative MP Mike Freer writes about his Westminster Hall debate today on Gay conversion therapies and is calling for an outright ban on them.

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02 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Offences against the person – modernising the law on violence

New rules are needed to tackle violent offences and make better use of court time, according to the Law Commission.

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28 Oct 2015 Economy

SRA helps law firms provide more services to consumers

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is helping law firms that want to expand their business beyond traditional legal services by publishing new guidance on the Separate Business Rule.