Lord Chancellor’s Speech: Opening of the Legal Year Service – Ministry of Justice
‘Speech delivered by the Lord Chancellor at Temple Church for the Opening of the Legal Year Service.’
Ministry of Justice, 2nd October 2020
Category: legal services
High Court rejects challenge to foreign in-house lawyers’ privilege – Legal Futures
‘Legal advice privilege extends to communications with foreign lawyers working in-house even if they are not recognised or regulated as “professional lawyers”, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 14th September 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Shop nationally for cheaper legal fees, LSB tells consumers – Legal Futures
‘Research showing significant regional variations in the price of legal advice “for what are fundamentally the same services” should encourage consumers to shop around, the Legal Services Board (LSB) said today.’
Legal Futures, 7th September 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
New instructions surge past pre-lockdown levels – Legal Futures
‘Legal activity has bounced back to 130% of pre-Covid levels with conveyancing continuing to rise steadily and several other practice areas also buoyant, new figures have shown.’
Legal Futures, 28th August 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
MPs urge action on lawyers who facilitate “aggressive tax avoidance” – Legal Futures
‘The lawyers and others who devise and market ineffective tax avoidance schemes are often breaking the law and a few legislative tweaks will make it easier to prosecute them, MPs have claimed.’
Legal Futures, 11th August 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Call for impartial websites on quality of lawyers’ services – Legal Futures
‘Independent websites providing impartial information on the quality of legal services providers are needed to guide people looking for a lawyer, the Legal Services Consumer Panel has argued.’
Legal Futures, 20th July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Top GC defends in-house lawyers’ approach to ethics – Legal Futures
‘A leading general counsel has attacked the assumption that in-house lawyers “leave their morals at the door” when they join their companies.’
Legal Futures, 15th July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
SRA to review regime for checking solicitors’ competence – Legal Futures
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is to launch a review of its approach to solicitors’ continuing competence, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 9th July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
AI redefining what it means to be a ‘great’ lawyer – Legal Futures
‘Automation in the legal profession will most probably be “a decades-long process” but artificial intelligence (AI) is redefining what it means to be a ‘great’ lawyer.’
Legal Futures, 6th July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Military mettle – Law Society’s Gazette
‘ “Warfare no longer looks like a tank driving over a battlefield,” says the head of Army Legal Services. These days lawyers are on the frontline – in every sense.’
Law Society's Gazette, 22nd June 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
ABSs “reshaping the boundaries of law” with integrated services – Legal Futures
‘Alternative business structures (ABSs) are reshaping the boundaries of the law by emphasising the benefit of integrated professional services, rather than pure legal knowledge, a leading academic has argued.’
Legal Futures, 17th June 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Mayson calls for single regulator of all legal services – Legal Futures
‘All providers of legal services, whether legally qualified or not, should be registered and regulated by a single regulator, a major review has concluded.’
Legal Futures, 11th June 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
LSB eyes major changes to legal regulation – Legal Futures
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) is set to conduct a major review on the extent to which it can reform the regulatory regime – including the reserved legal activities (RLAs) – using its existing powers.’
Legal Futures, 9th June 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
New instructions “returning to pre-lockdown levels” – Legal Futures
‘New instructions have been running at about 70% of the pre-lockdown level over the past two and a half months, but there are definite signs of a revival, with conveyancing roaring back, new figures have shown.’
Legal Futures, 9th June 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Arrested children may be given legal advice automatically – Legal Futures
‘The government is considering whether children in police stations should have to opt out of receiving legal advice, rather than opt in as now, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 4th May 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
