‘The Law Society has called for simpler procedures to enforce family financial orders and said creditors should be armed with more information.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th August 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Government plans for a new round of court fee rises are “tantamount to selling justice like a commodity”, the Law Society has said, as the Ministry of Justice acknowledged its plans would be unpopular.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 27th July 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Law Society has rowed back from seeking a judicial review of the recent court fee increases, citing counsel’s opinion.’
Litigation Futures, 9th April 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Criminal solicitors have failed in their attempt to prevent the justice secretary, Chris Grayling, imposing deep cuts on the number of legal aid contracts for defence lawyers.’
The Guardian, 25th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Informing witnesses of the general nature of a defence case could jeopardise the fairness of the trial, the Law Society has said in response to a consultation on draft prosecution guidance.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th March 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Solicitors have lost a legal challenge against government plans to cut by more than half the number of duty lawyers attending magistrates’ courts and police stations in England and Wales.’
BBC News, 18th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
In re Law Society [2015] EWHC 166 (Ch); [2015] WLR (D) 60
‘The Law Society had power under paragraph 16 of Part II of Schedule 1 to the Solicitors Act 1974 to destroy old and redundant documents seized in connection with interventions.’
WLR Daily, 9th February 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The Law Society can destroy 1.5 million files seized from Solicitors Regulation Authority interventions in solicitors’ practices, the High Court has ruled.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th February 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Law Society has pledged to challenge the government’s decision to introduce enhanced court fees from April and said it will strenuously oppose more planned hikes.’
Litigation Futures, 27th January 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The lord chancellor’s decision to start a tender process for legal aid crime duty contracts is unlawful because it is “irrational”, “disproportionate” and based on a “manifest error”, the Law Society will argue in the High Court.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th January 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Law Society has obtained a groundbreaking injunction that prevents a struck-off solicitor from holding himself out as a solicitor or being involved in a law firm without its approval.’
Legal Futures, 16th January 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Law Society of England and Wales v Shah [2014] EWHC 4382 (Ch); [2015] WLR (D) 5
‘The supervisory jurisdiction embodied in section 50 of the Solicitors Act 1974 could not be invoked by the Law Society in the case of a solicitor who may have pretended to be one, but who had not necessarily done so, who denied doing so, and had not been cross-examined on the issue. Section 41(4)(c) of the 1974 Act was wide enough to enable the court to grant an order against a struck off former solicitor, which could be framed so as to restrain him from committing criminal acts, namely that of acting as a solicitor when disqualified, or carrying on a reserved legal activity without entitlement to do so.’
WLR Daily, 12th January 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The Law Society did not consult any experts in Sharia law before issuing the controversial practice note on Sharia-compliant wills that it was forced to withdraw last month, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 8th December 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Law Society has withdrawn guidance on how to prepare sharia-compliant wills following criticism from solicitors and the justice secretary, Chris Grayling. Recorded debates about the procedures have also been removed from the society’s website.’
The Guardian, 24th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Law Society has urged the Ministry of Justice to release for formal consultation a report on the criminal legal aid market which casts doubt on its controversial reform proposals.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th October 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A consultation on reports undertaken by Otterburn Legal Consulting and KPMG in relation to the proposed duty work contracts for criminal legal aid services.’
Ministry of Justice, 24th September
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘The Law Society’s freedom of information adjudicator has rejected a bid to open up public access to accountant’s reports submitted to the Solicitors Regulation Authority.’
Legal Futures, 20th August 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The government has refused to be drawn into the row over controversial advice from the Law Society on Sharia-compliant wills, but insisted that it “does not, and cannot, change the law”.’
Legal Futures, 28th July 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Solicitors organisation warns that too much valuable, intellectual property is in danger of being lost when we die.’
The Guardian, 16th April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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