Legal Practice and Lawyers

• Age Discrimination And Partners

• Law Society Advises Review Because of Age Discrimination Laws

• Another Lady President

• A City lawyer appointed as President

• Asbestosis Sufferers Get Protection If Dock Workers

• Government loses fight against asbestos claims from workers it took over

• Assessment Centres Not a Panacea for Judge Recruitment

• Government Report finds that assessment centrs for judges are not the total answer

• Banks Have Money Laundering Problems Too

• Bank Stops suspected money laundering transaction - what to tell the complaining customer?

• Bar Complaints Review

• Barristers Face New Complaints Regime

• Bar Council And Criminal Legal Aid Future

• Is this the future for the Bar and Crime?

• Bar Council Criticises Legal Services Bill

• Bar Council speaks out on legal Services Bill

• Bar Council Criticises Minister

• The Bar Council takes a stand on Legal Services Bill

• Bar Council Replies to Carter Review

• Bar Council responds to Carter Review

• Bar Council Views On Admissions

• Law Lord advises Bar about entrt for impoverished students

• Bar Council Work Reviewed

• Bar CouncilChairman reviews his work so far

• Bar Council and Fee Sharing

• The bar Council tries to decide how to deal with legal aid changes involving barristers sharing fixed fees

• Bar Council on Quality Control

• Bar Council seeks to persuade Lord Carter's Team of its efficacy

• Bar Council on Quality, Fees and Access

• Every barrister in the land should have received this letter

• Bar Quality Control Proposed

• New Bar Chief calls for advocacy training and other quality control methods

• Bar Warns of Costs of Legal Complaints

• The Bar Council steps up its campaign against parts of Legal Services Bill

• Barristers Come Out Against No-Jury Fraud Trials

• Parliament gets a wigging from barristers about no-jury fraud trials

• Barristers Criticise Plans for Reform

• The Government should provide more resources for the legal system, says Bar Chair.

• Barristers Fight Legal Services Bill

• Barristers lobby House of Lords about Legal Services Bill

• Barristers Post 1991 Negligence

• Can a barrister for liable for an old negligence case?

• Barristers Try to Extend Their Talent Pool

• Barristers want to encourage more people from different backgrounds to join up

• Barristers and HCA's

• Barristers come to terms with Higher Ci=ourt Advocates?

• Barristers on Ministry of Justice

• Barristers have strong views about Ministry of Justice

• Barristers' Contribution to Economy Huge

• Barristers produce report showing how important they are

• Barristers' Tax Guidance

• Bar Council explains Tax Rules

• Brown's First Victim A Law Officer?

• Lord Goldsmith has been in post a long time, but is that really why he is leaving?

• CML Wants HIPs Delay

• CML tells Government to wait and see with HIPs

• Canadian Same Sex Marriage Not Valid Here

• A Canadian same sex marriage is a civil partnership in the UK

• Carter Review Seminars Feature

• The Law Socu=iety roadshows aboutt her Carter Review of Legal Help

• Charities Lose Out

• Public services and charities are not necessarily a succesful mix.

• Civil Servant Must Attend Court

• Scottish civil servant can be ordered to appear after Ministers are in contempt of court, but with warning

• Claims Management Firms Regulated At Last

• Claims management firms to be controlled - does it just apply to PI claims

• Commisssioner Slates Law Society Which Fights Back

• Law Society Plan Aims Too Low for Consumer DCA Press Release 3 April 2006 I am very disappointed to have to declare this Plan inadequate, particularly after the joint working that has taken place between my office and the Law Society...

• Commons Searches To Change Soon

• Commons Searches to be part of local searches from 1st June

• Constitutional Changes

• Constitutional Changes Effective 3 April 2006 DCA Web Information Constitutional Reform This section explains the greater separation of powers and responsibilities between the executive, the legislature and the judiciary introduced by...

• Consumer Complaints Head Appointed

• The Law Society appoints a Consumer Complaints Head

• Control Orders Upheld With Reservations

• CA supports Home Secretary against suspected terrorists but then prevents him from depriving them of liberty.

• Court of Appeal Fills Gap In Rules

• Court of Appeal bends over backwards to allow unwell defendant to appear by video link

• Criminal Appeals Revisited

• Court restricts rights to make further representations

• Criminal Defence Services Review

• Lord Carter's team has now produced a leaflet for all stakeholders summarising his report.

• Criminal Record Checks for Solicitors

• The Law Society to check new solicitors for criminal records

• Defence Costs Complexities

• Costs experts sort out problem with defence costs

• Doing Law Differently - DCA Idea and Bar Response

• DCA Has a plan and the Bar Council gives it's response.

• Employers Should Encourage Magisterial Service

• Magistrates are so well trained that their bosses benefit, says Charlie Falconer

• Endeavouring To Define Endeavours

• Was he being clever usingf "Reasonable" instead of "Best" Endeavours?

• Equality & Diversity at the Bar

• Bar Council Chairman explains need for diversity

• Estate Agents in Government Sights

• New powers to control and improve estate agents

• Euro Court Allows Lawyers to Practise

• Does it matter if a lawyer cannot speak the language of the court where he appears?

• Fixed Charge or Floating Charge - Its All In The Small Print

• Complicated scheme involving solicitors' firm intervened in by Law Society

• Gay Lawyers Get Backing

• The Law Society helps to discourage discrimination against gay lawyers

• General Practitioners Are The Best

• Research shows that general practitioners are needed

• Glasgow Lawyer Gets 5 Years

• Supporting a false alibi lands conveyancer in jail

• Government Bites on HIPs

• Office of Fair Trading threatens estate agenst over HIPs - what is fair about HIPs?

• Government Interferes In Indian Legal System Too!

• And the UK government has a right to stick its nose into the Indian Legal System because ....?

• Government Spins Legal Aid Changes

• Minister praises the new legal aid changes

• Government Steps In To Encourage Diversity

• The Government publishes leaflets to encourage legal recruitment

• Graduated Fees and Barristers

• How barristers will be (under)paid in future

• Gvernment Declares Approximate Location of New Complaints Body

• The big important decision has been made about the new Office for Legal Complaints - it will be in the Midlands.

• HIP Forms From Law Society

• The Law Society is leading the wya in providing information in HIP transactions

• HIPs From 10 September 2007

• 3 bedroom Houses To Suffer From HIPs

• HIPs Regulations Published In a Blaze Of . . . Silence

• Without any fanfare the HIP regulations are published and the doom of the property market is sealed

• HIPs Survey

• Hwlp the Law Society gain amo about HIPs

• HIPs Will Definitely Start on 1st June

• Minister tells Law Society how it will be

• Halifax Legal Services - For and Against

• Tesco Law turns out to be Halifax law

• Help to Defend Legal Aid

• Law Society survey to help to fight legal aid cuts.

• Honorary QC's Appointed

• 6 honorary QC's appointed including two solicitors

• ICLR Site of the Week

• ICLR just keeps getting better

• ILEX Fights Legal Services Changes

• ILEX puts its point of view on legal service changes

• ILEX Makes Announcement About Qualifications

• ILEX students get news about new qualification changes

• ILEX Survey Makes The News

• MP's polled by ILEX support expansion of legal market

• ILEXMembers On The Up And Up

• Judging by the future ILEX members will soon be sitting on benches

• Immigration Lawyers excel then leave

• Law Society praises Immigration Lawyers and criticises LSC for lack of respect

• Increasing Judicial Diversity

• DCA to encourage judicial diversity

• Judges Open to Corruption?

• Should a judge try a case involving his future employer? How would he know?

• LS Complaints Still Not Good Enough

• Legal Services Complaints Commissioner slates Law Society again

• LSC Changes Criminal Means Test Procedure Again

• LSC tweaks means test procedure again

• LSC Contract Published - What Now?

• The Law Society offers adbice to wait and see before signing LSC Civil contract

• Law Centre the New Black?

• Law centres Get the Red Carpet Treatment

• Law Soc Complaints Handling - New Targets Set

• Legal Services Complaints Commissioner CBE lays down the law on lawyers

• Law Soc Hypocritical HIP Pack Hype?

• The Law Society hypes its HIP pack

• Law Soc Review of Year

• The Law Society boasts of its achievements

• Law Soc helps Solos

• Law Society takes on CPS and wins

• Law Society Bullish On Legal Aid

• The Law Society continues its legal aid campaign backed by the latest report

• Law Society Conference Speeches - Enjoy

• Law Society conference hears strong words and weasel words

• Law Society Consults on New Training Routine

• The Law Society wants to revolutionise training - have your say

• Law Society Criticises LSC At Last

• The Law Society goes for the LSC's throat

• Law Society Defends Defendants' Choice

• Law Society stands up for criminal lawyers

• Law Society Defends Legal Aid

• Law Society stands up for legal aid lawyers

• Law Society Deputy VC Elect is Pro HIP

• New Deputy Vice President Elect Backs HIPs

• Law Society Digs Into Miners' Solicitors

• Law Society Takes On Miners' Solicitors

• Law Society E-Business Newsletter

• The Law Society sets a new standard in E-Business newsletters

• Law Society E-newsletters Feature

• The Law Society exports to email based newsletters

• Law Society Fights Legal Aid Corner

• Law Society Raises the Legal Aid Flag

• Law Society Fine Cut

• The Legal Services Complaints Commissioner praises Law Society

• Law Society Fined £250,000

• Zahida Manzoor Slaps Enormous Fine on Law Society

• Law Society Gets WiFi

• Law Society turns on to internet access at top venue

• Law Society HR Work Review

• Law Society survey to help to improve its human rights work

• Law Society In The Wrong Again

• The Law Society gets it's just desserts?

• Law Society Legal Aid Campaign - Latest

• Law Society v Legal Services Commission - which is the strongest dinosaur?

• Law Society Race Equality Awards

• Winners of Race Equality Awards Announced

• Law Society Right To Continue Intervention?

• Court finds in favour of Law Society over intervention

• Law Society Shocked By Carter Research

• Hundreds of Criminal Lawyers Face Axe

• Law Society Stops Rule Change

• Law Society forces government to change rules

• Law Society Surveys Profession For Dispute Topics

• Law Society seeks guidance from members

• Law Society Wrong to Intervene?

• Court rejects Law Society view of "commission"

• Law Society v Government on Legal Aid

• Law Society stands up for legal aid lawyers while givernment presses on to defeat it

• Law Students and Plagiarism

• Legal Practitioner analyses law student plagiarism figures.

• LawCare

• LawCare - Information about beating stress, alcoholism, depression for lawyers

• Lawyers Called On To Improve Judicial Diversity

• Ministers blames legal profession for lack of judicial diversity - or is that a bit harsh?

• Lawyers Diversity Pushed By Government

• Minister wants lawyers to stop pigeon-holing lawyers by gender or race

• Lawyers International Ahoy

• Law Society tries to expand UK influence

• Lawyers Without Borders

• Pro Bono Lawyers make a difference internationally

• Lawyers' Right to Withdraw Upheld

• Wasted costs order dropped on appeal after lawyer withdraws when client disappears

• Legal Aid Battle Hots Up

• Law Society Special Meeting on the cards as part of the ongoing battle . . .

• Legal Aid Reform Feature

• No apologies for having more about the legal aid "reforms" after the Lord Chancellor's announcements

• Legal Leaflet to Help Clients

• A leaflet to help our clients

• Legal Profession Needs More Diversity

• Government has a go at lawyers for lack of diversity

• Legal Services Bill Published

• Government publishes Legal srvices Bill in a hush of publicity

• Legal Services Board Might be a Monster

• The Law Society calls for common sense in formulating powera of the new Legal Services Board

• Libel Case and Additional Parties

• Adding parties and altering pleadings after short limitation period

• Mental Capacity Act Guidelines Issued at Enormous Length

• The Government issues lengthy guidelines aabout the Mental Capacity Act

• Million Hours of Pro Bono - Are You In?

• Pro Bono work encouraged on innovative site

• MoJu Website Up

• Ministry Of Justice gets a nickname

• Money Laundering Lobbying at the Law Society

• The Law Society boasts of its efforts to avoid gold-plating the new money laundering rules

• Money Laundering Regulation Fight Starts

• The new Money laundering Regs are awful - the Law Society fights

• Money Laundering Suspicion Considered

• How strong does your suspicion of money laundering have to be?

• Money-Laundering Latest Feature

• The Law Society helps us with the latest depressing money-laundering news

• Moneylaundering in the Lords

• House of Lords restrict moneylaundering mens rea

• National Pro Bno Week 2006

• Human Rights debates encouraged by recent decisions

• New Conflict Rules

• The Law Society passes new conflict rules

• New Criminal Legal Aid Rules

• How will the new legal aid rules affect our clients?

• New Law Society Powers Considered

• Parliamentary committee told what the Law Society needs

• New Legal Services Bill Published - Updated

• Legal Services Revolution pending

• New Prescribed Forms Practice Direction

• Crown Court introduces loads of new forms

• New Pro Bono Rules

• New rules to help pro bono work

• New QC's Under New System

• The new QC scheme produces its first successful applicants.

• New Salary Rates for Trainees

• The Law Society sets new minimum rates for trainees

• PI Claims - Marketeers Or Claims Managers?

• Law Society gives timely warning about need for care when dealing with marketeers

• Pareskeva Replacement

• The Law Society finds a replacement for Pareskeva

• Payment By Results Guide

• Law Society booklet about CFA's etc

• People Ignorant of HIPs

• Six in Ten Blissfully Ignorant of Drastic Changes to Housing Market Law Society Press Release 30 May 2006 New research published today shows most people are totally ignorant of the biggest ever shake-up of the property market, which is only...

• Pro Bono Benefits 7/7 Victims

• Law Society lauds PI pro bono lawyers after 7/7 blasts

• Probation Officer Recruitment - Who To Ask?

• Home Office to recruit probation officers - where better than from the ranks of redundant lawyers?

• Procedure On Extending Time in Appeals When Lawyers At Fault

• Difficult case for CA when human rights and lawyers delay involved

• Profession Speaks - Law Society Takes Action

• Law Society takes decisions about the future.

• QC Selection At A Price

• New QC selection round starts but it is different and costs more.

• Queens Speech 2006 and Reaction Feature

• The Queen announces the governmental plans for the future AND SEE THE REACTION. Follow the links for much more info.

• Raising the Bar on Solicitors?

• Law Society to tighten up on dishonourable members?

• Rallying Call For Bar Modernisation

• Barristers Must embrace chnage

• Reform of Legal Services Feature

• There have been various reactions to the Joint Committee comments on the Legal Services Bill.

• Revolutionary Change on Bar Council Site

• Barristers update their site

• SOCA Loses Bank Claim

• SOCA cannot stop use of money without good reason

• SRA On MOnitoring Trainees

• Fill in the questionnaire about training

• Silk System Sucks? Or Perhaps Not?

• QC System perpetuating barristers' supremacy?

• Solicitor Loses Privilege Case to Revenue Commissioners

• Revenue Commissioners have bigger powers than Revenue to demand papers from solicitors

• Solicitors Beware Of Claims Management - Publicity Rules Affected

• Did you know the Compensation Act affects your website and some solicitor marketing schemes?

• Solicitors Encouraged on to the Bench

• Solicitors should be encouraged to be judges says Government

• Solicitors Encouraged to Ensure Equality

• Law Society's Race Equality Awards scheme

• Solicitors Not Liable in Negligence Despite Mistake

• Negligence claim fails despite mistake.

• Solicitors Ordered To Pay Appellant's Costs

• Another twist to the CFA costs litigation - solicitors ordered to pay costs of winners because the appeal was really for the benfit of the solicitors not their clients

• Solicitors Strike - Did You Notice?

• Solicitors strike - was it in your newspaper?

• Solicitors Tribunal in the Courts

• The Solcitors Tribunal in the Court of Appeal

• Solicitors Win CFA Cost Case At Last

• There is no choice - solicitors have to get 100%

• Stricter Money Laundering Rules Announced

• Count down to December rules change starts now

• Supreme Court Building Plans

• Supreme Court accommodation moves a step nearer

• Tenants Deposit Scheme Leaves Solicitors Seeing Red

• The Law Society fights for solicitors' rights over Tenants' Deposit Scheme

• Trainee Barristers Warned

• Pupillage gets rarer and rarer

• UKLawyers Archive of Legal Practice and Lawyers Materials - March 2006

• The collection of all our Legal Practice and Lawyers materials published by us in March 2006

• UPDATE - Compensation Fund Limitation Period

• When does the limitation period start in old claim against solicitors and their accountants? UPDATED 25 MAY 2006

• Vacation Work 2006

• Guide from the President about work in the vacation period.

• What Do Solicitors Want - LS Survey Results

• The Law Society decides what to fight about

• What about Clients

• What About Clients? - a US Blog

• Where To Sue Multiple International Defendants

• Old rules apply even if multiple international defendants are being sued on different bases

• Will Writers in the Spotlight

• Will Writers should be regulated at last

• Yell Tied Down

• Good news for solicitors who advertise in Yell

• Younger Solicitors Than Ever

• Law Society Statistics about solicitors

• Zahida Manzoor Satisfied At Last

• Have you noticed how presss releases from the legal Complaints Commissioner are all about Zahida Manzoor,CBE?