Jonathan Smithers

Law Society vice president compliments Gove as 'forward thinker'

Jonathan Smithers sends mixed messages on behalf of the largest body of solicitors

Winners announced in student pro bono awards

Awards recognise the dedication of law students from across the UK

New Law Society president Andrew Caplen speaks exclusively to John van der Luit-Drummond

Conveyancing portal pilots to start next year

'This puts us in fairly and squarely in the 21st Century'

Was the Law Society right to engage with Chris Grayling?

As Chancery Lane kicks off a series of national roadshows to explain their position on crime tendering, David Gilmore asks whether there were alternatives to the Law Society engaging with the government

How the lenders made CQS 'the only game in town'

'In a way it's jobs for the boys, but that's the way life is at the moment' - solicitors question the value of the quality scheme

Solicitors 'lack sufficient knowledge' of Help to Buy

Conveyancing Association says buyers forced to change conveyancer

Legal accreditation schemes not primarily marketing tools

Only 4 per cent of consumers pay attention to accreditation schemes when choosing a lawyer

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