“An important function for regulators of the professions is to ensure that the ‘wrong’ people do not tarnish the reputation and standing of their peers. In this paper, I shall discuss some recent examples of professional misconduct, and identify some common threads between different regulatory regimes”
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11 KBW, 31st October 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
“A survey shows that most law firms have not planned to change their pro bono activity to respond to the cuts in legal aid.”
The Guardian, 6th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Litigators: Survive & Thrive (PDF)
Speech by Lord Dyson, Master of the Rolls
Civil Justice Section Conference, 18th October 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Implementing the Jackson costs reforms will inevitably lead to satellite litigation, the master of the rolls has warned. He urged courts and lawyers to ‘do what they can’ to minimise it.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th October 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Clients of law firms are scared to complain when things go wrong and are confused about the complaints system.”
The Guardian, 15th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“There are events in the life-cycle of any business that have the potential to snowball into a crisis of unforeseen proportions. It could be a bad set of financial results or a scuppered merger. Or perhaps employee lay-offs, a high-profile desertion to a rival or allegations of misconduct by senior staff. Or it might be a testing issue with a client. But while difficult business decisions may not be avoidable, especially in this tough economic climate, a crisis played out in the media can be managed or averted by taking the right steps.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th September 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A criminal law barrister and former Labour-supporting law firm founder are among the new faces at the Ministry of Justice after a sweeping reshuffle of ministerial posts.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 5th September 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Grayling’s main qualifications for justice minister are that he is perceived to be right-wing and once shadowed prisons.”
The Guardian, 4th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Legal Services Board today publishes a report by a team led by Professor Richard Moorhead of University College, Director of the Centre for Ethics and Law at London, outlining how professional ethics in the legal sector may be tracked over time. The LSB commissioned the research to support the ongoing evaluation of the impact of the Legal Services Act 2007.”
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Legal Services Board, 5th September 2012
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
Related link: Designing Ethics Indicators for Legal Services Provision (PDF)
“The Coalition’s plans to speed up the courts system are in tatters as lawyers across the country refuse to sit at weekends.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has urged the Committee considering the draft Communications Data Bill to recommend protection for legal communications before any new interception powers are granted.”
The Bar Council, 22nd August 2012
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“The legal advocate of the Moors murderer Ian Brady has been arrested for allegedly failing to reveal where the body of Keith Bennett, one of Brady and Myra Hindley’s five young victims, is buried.”
The Guardian, 17th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Judges and magistrates have been banned from blogging about their jobs. This is not helpful.”
The Guardian, 14th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Legal Services Board (LSB) is reminding all regulators of their important role in making sure lawyers deal properly with complaints – and stressing the need for both regulators and lawyers to learn from what they reveal.”
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Legal Services Board, 30th July 2012
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
“A tribute to outgoing Law Society President, John Wotton; a welcome to his successor, Lucy Scott‐Moncrieff, defender of the High Street law firm; examining the aims of Price Competitive Tendering and the likely results both for the Bar and for justice.”
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The Bar Council, August 2012
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
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