Suzanne Townley

News EditorSolicitors Journal

LSB consults on budget

Mon Dec 12 202260 Seconds

The news in 60 seconds

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has launched a consultation on its draft business plan and budget for 2023/24. Covering the third year of its Reshaping Legal Services strategy, the plan sets out planned work for April 2023 to March 2024. It highlights work in key areas such as the implementation of revised regulatory performance framework and new policy statements on consumer empowerment and ongoing competence; equality, diversity and inclusion; professional ethics; ensuring disciplinary and enforcement processes are fair and consistent; and development of a toolkit for regulators on financial protections.

Attorney General presents UK intervention in Ukraine case against Russia at International Court of Justice

Thu Sep 21 2023

Firms losing potential clients by failing to return their calls, research shows

Thu Sep 21 2023

Powers of attorney modernised as legislation allows CILEX Lawyers to certify LPA copies for the first time

Thu Sep 21 2023

Stark contrast between Government response to Post Office Horizon victims and Infected Blood

Wed Sep 20 2023

ACSO comments on the Justice select Committee report:

Wed Sep 20 2023

Campaigners win permission to appeal against Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station ruling

Tue Sep 19 2023

Pre-inquest review into the deaths of Reading murder victims, James Furlong, Dr David Wails and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett

Mon Sep 18 2023

Feedback launches legal challenge to decision not to require food waste reporting

Fri Sep 15 2023

Failed whiplash reforms have created a ‘clear justice gap’

Thu Sep 14 2023

FeaturedThe Chancery Lane Project expands to the USA

NewsThu Sep 21 2023

The Chancery Lane Project expands to the USA

Climate clauses that deliver legally enforceable decarbonization through contracts are now available copyright-free for attorneys, corporations, and stakeholders.

Lessons in leadership from the front line

InternationalThu Sep 21 2023

Lessons in leadership from the front line

Leadership lessons for lawyers emphasise confronting challenges, but have faced the trials Dmytro Aleshko has encountered since February 2022.

Birdnesting and mortgages in divorce

Practice NotesThu Sep 21 2023

Birdnesting and mortgages in divorce

Joanna Newton observes how rising mortgage rates intensify property disputes in UK divorce cases.

Delay in Final Report of the Infected Blood Inquiry

NewsThu Sep 21 2023

Delay in Final Report of the Infected Blood Inquiry

Responding to the news from the Infected Blood Inquiry today that Sir Brian Langstaff and his team now expect to publish their Final Report in March 2024, rather than this autumn.

SJ Interview: Chris Benson

SJ InterviewFri Sep 01 2023

SJ Interview: Chris Benson

Chris Benson is managing partner of Leigh Day. He talks to Solicitors Journal about building the firm, negative stories in the press and the firm's collective action against UK water companies.

Whose human rights are more important, yours or mine?

ForewordFri Sep 08 2023

Whose human rights are more important, yours or mine?

Under the law, should your right to express your opinion – be it on politics, the environment, abortion, or anything else – trump my right to go about my business unhindered, whether or not I happen to agree with your opinion?