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Launch of QASA delayed until April 2012

The launch of the Quality Assurance Scheme for criminal advocates has been postponed until April 2012. The original launch date was December this year.

Competitive tendering set for 'later this year'

he government will reveal its competitive tendering plans for criminal legal aid work later this year, justice secretary Ken Clarke (pictured) has said. There had been speculation that the move would be delayed.

Competitive tendering plans to be launched later this year

The government will reveal its competitive tendering plans for criminal legal aid work later this year, justice secretary Ken Clarke has said. There had been speculation that the move would be delayed.

Legal network first to unveil plan for stock market listing

A network of independent solicitors is the first legal advice provider to have announced plans for listing on the stock exchange.

Bar Standards Board moves to lay majority

The Bar Standards Board has become the latest and only the second of the larger frontline regulators to appoint a board with a lay majority.

SRA attacked from all sides over ABS delay

External capital 'cannot wait three or four months', Pannone partner says

Resisting temptation

Do not be tempted to dismiss the LSB's changes to outcomes-focused regulation as unimportant, warns Susanna Heley

Update: environment

Adrienne Copithorne considers environmental impact assessment screening opinions, an odour nuisance case involving a landfill site, promptness in judicial review and planning fraud