LEGAL PROFESSION
News
Solicitors still top choice for SMEs
22 May 2013
Nearly half of disputes are with other businesses, LSB research finds
SRA axes genealogy service to relieve pressure on contact centre
16 May 2013
Only 17 per cent of calls answered within 60 minute target
Just two comparison websites sign up to new legal standards
10 May 2013
Panel urges signatories to allow consumers to make meaningful choices as use of DIY law rises
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Bar Focus | Putting differences aside
2 May 2013
There is a mutual need for lawyers from each of the professions to work together in these times of unprecedented change, says Maura McGowan QC
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24 April 2013
Vanessa Bailey believes in the liberalisation of legal services and advised on best-value tendering policy, but she has doubts over governments methods of implementation
On value burgers and legal services
22 February 2013
Jonathan Smithers asks what the horse meat scandal can teach lawyers about the free market and consumer expectations
Hoping for a fairer approach to costs in SDT proceedings
8 February 2013
Looking at a number of recent cases before the High Court involving solicitors, Andrew Otchie is hopeful that a fairer approach to costs in SDT proceedings is emerging
Pushing the limits of legal advice privilege
25 January 2013
While the Supreme Court’s decision in Prudential may have been expected, Ross Risby and Mark Healing argue that the case is not without merit
The inevitable family legal aid exodus
25 January 2013
With so much pressure on family legal aid, it’s no wonder lawyers are about to leave the sector in droves,
says Christina Blacklaws
