‘Fee-charging McKenzie friends increase access to justice and make up a “legitimate feature of the modern legal market”, according to a report published today by watchdog the Legal Services Consumer Panel. The president of the Law Society described the panel’s findings as “worrying”.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th April 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Tony Ward, Family Law barrister with 3PB analyses the latest case law relating to Legal Services Orders under s.22ZA MCA 1973.’
Family Law Week, 18th March 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Rubin v Rubin: [2014] EWHC 611 (Fam); [2014] WLR (D) 116
‘Under section 22ZA(3) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, as inserted, the court could not make a costs allowance unless it was satisfied that without the amount of the allowance the applicant would not reasonably be able to obtain appropriate legal services for the purposes of the proceedings or any part of the proceedings, and for the purpose of that provision the court had to be satisfied in particular that the applicant was not reasonably able to secure a loan to pay for the services.’
WLR Daily, 10th March 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Simon Love provides a warning to firms facing financial difficulty.’
New Law Journal, 5th February 2014
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
‘The Legal Services Consumer Panel has begun an investigation into the emergence of ‘professional’ McKenzie Friends who charge litigants in person for their services, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 7th January 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Legal services regulation: past, present, and future (PDF)
Seminar by David Edmonds, Chairman, Legal Services Board
Legal Services Board, 9th December 2014
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
Future Regulation – forward or backward? (PDF)
Legal Services Board, 3rd December 2013
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
The Future of Legal Regulation (PDF)
Legal Services Board, 20th November 2013
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org
“LSB report outlining changes in competition in the legal services market since the Legal Services Act 2007 came into force.”
Legal Services Board, 22nd October 2013
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
“The new chairman of the Legal Services Board (LSB) needs to help develop ‘a more diverse and innovative legal services market that attracts new providers’, justice secretary Chris Grayling has said.”
Legal Futures, 14th October 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“In July 2011, the Legal Services Board (LSB) issued guidance to regulators on diversity data collection across the legal workforce and the promotion of the transparency of this data at entity level. We have now completed a review of regulators’ progress in delivering the objectives in our guidance. The findings of this review are provided below.”
Full story (PDF)
Legal Services Board, 30th September 2013
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
“Legal Services Board clarifies its stance on licensing special bodies as alternative business structures (ABS).”
Legal Services Board, 26th September 2013
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/
“The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has dismissed suggestions that it is not committed to its review of legal regulation.”
Legal Futures, 12th September 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“LSB responds to MoJ review of legal services regulations with a blueprint for deregulation.”
Legal Services Board, 10th September 2013
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
“The Legal Services Board wants to set in motion plans for a single, independent regulator that will cover the entire legal profession.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th September 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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