We’ve read about it to the point of exasperation. The “new normal” for the legal services market. Basically, a shift in buying behaviours in a changing market environment, brought about by a compelling combination of external factors over a period of time, with increased competition from new market entrants thrown into the mix.
The Future of Law, 9th September 2014
Source: www.blogs.lexisnexis.co.uk
‘A vulnerable person is anyone aged 18 and over who needs assistance because of mental or other disability, age or illness, is unable to take care of him or herself and is unable to protect themselves against significant harm or exploitation.’
The Future of Law, 5th September 2014
Source: www.blogs.lexisnexis.co.uk
‘Judge David Wynn Morgan asks the lawyer, who had been referring to himself as Lord Harley, why he was wearing colourful ribbons and badges on his robes.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th August 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Barristers and solicitors need to make sure they keep personal information secure, especially information on paper files, says a statement from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). This warning follows a number of data breaches reported to the ICO over the last few months involving the legal profession.’
The Future of Law, 26th August 2014
Source: www.blogs.lexisnexis.co.uk
‘A barrister portal scheme operated by the North West Legal Consortium, a group of over 30 local authorities, has been condemned as “scandalous” by the Institute of Barristers’ Clerks (IBC).’
Legal Futures, 22nd August 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Legal Ombudsman (LeO) is to review its internal investigations guidance after a barrister was cleared of misconduct due to its own “failure to cooperate” with the disciplinary process.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th August 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Bar Disciplinary Tribunal has told the Legal Ombudsman that “co-operation is a two-way process”, in a case involving a failure to share information with the lawyer who was the subject of a complaint.’
Legal Futures, 19th August 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Law firms are imposing contracts on barristers they would never sign themselves, the chair of the Institute of Barristers’ Clerks (IBC) has said.’
Legal Futures, 18th August 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Tax barristers who have evidence of colleagues breaking the rules should report it to the Bar Standards Board (BSB), chief executive Dr Vanessa Davies has said.’
Legal Futures, 12th August 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) and circuits could face a £65,000 bill – nearly twice what they had hoped for – if their Court of Appeal bid to derail the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) fails, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 11th August 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar’s disciplinary tribunal was right to fine the head of a pupillage committee at a London chambers that ignored 98 online applications, the Visitors to the Inns of Court have ruled.’
Legal Futures, 11th August 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a warning to solicitors and barristers over the need to keep personal information secure, especially paper files, in the wake of “a number of data breaches” in recent months.’
Legal Futures, 6th August 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Christopher Graham, the Information Commissioner, highlights a series of recent privacy breaches by barristers and solicitors.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th August 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An independent review of laws governing industrial disputes has been dramatically scaled back after the QC in charge objected to recent ministerial announcements on introducing anti-strike laws.’
The Guardian, 5th August 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The High Court has quashed the decision of a Bar disciplinary tribunal, which resulted in a barrister being disbarred and fined £3,000 following accusations that he failed to disclose criminal convictions.’
Legal Futures, 5th August 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has promised to research “the need for other quality assurance schemes and/or accreditation schemes” so the public can have confidence in barristers.’
Legal Futures, 4th August 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Public access work allows barristers to bypass solicitors to gain clients on fixed fees agreed in advance.’
The Independent, 3rd August 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘There is a mystique to the Bar of England and Wales, designed to present a timeless image of legal practitioners. Working in rabbit warrens around the Temple, wearing robes and a horsehair wig, and dealing with only the highest levels of legal thought, it is a façade that conceals some very radical ambitions for change.’
The Future of Law, 31st July 2014
Source: www.futureoflaw.lexisnexis.co.uk
‘How fearless can a barrister afford to be when representing a defendant at a criminal trial? That was the question I asked here exactly six months ago. The answer, we learned this week, is not as fearless as Lawrence McNulty was when he represented Munir Farooqi at a terrorist trial in the summer of 2011. A disciplinary tribunal of the inns of court has now convicted McNulty on four charges of professional misconduct arising from Farooqi’s trial, while acquitting the barrister of a fifth’
The Guardian, 31st July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A barrister accused of ‘breathtaking arrogance’ has had a contempt finding against him set aside, but been referred to the bar’s regulator.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd July 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
