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SRA unveils 'flexible' ABS application process

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has unveiled the two-stage application process to be followed by organisations seeking authorisation to trade as alternative business structures.

Dog attack judge retires

A circuit judge who was convicted for owning a dangerous dog and fined £2,500 has retired.

Greenwich law centre loses funding appeal

Greenwich law centre has lost a legal challenge to the local council's decision to withdraw funding.

Where has the trust gone in client-lawyer relationships?

By Paul Brent, Marketing Director, Boyes Turner

ABSs will make legal services “more accessible”, Djanogly says

As the first ABS applications arrived at the SRA today, justice minister Jonathan Djanogly said the change would make legal services “more accessible”.

SRA to move in beneath Marco Pierre White at The Cube

The SRA will be moving to The Cube, a striking new office building in Birmingham city centre, this summer, the regulator has announced.

Methodist ministers are employees, appeal judges rule

Methodist ministers are employees and have the same unfair dismissal rights as other workers, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Lib Dem peers voice frustration at lack of concessions on legal aid

Lord Carlile, the Lib Dem peer and independent reviewer of anti-terrorism legislation, voiced his frustration in the House of Lords last night at “absolutely no hint that any concessions will be made” by the government on legal aid.