The Law Society has today announced that the result of the National Ballot of Members has been to support the reform of the Law Society Council . It was several years ago that the Law Society commenced a reform of its governance and this saw firstly the estabishment of a Management Board together with two key committees the Policy and
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The Competition and Markets Authority has published its report on regulation and market transparency recognising the considerable progress made by the Profession . The Law Society noted that : The solicitor profession has made great advances in transparency, but risk of consumer harm continues in the unregulated sector, the Law Society of England and Wales said today, echoing findings of
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The November Edition of the Regional Management Team North Newsletter has now been issued and you can access all the latest news and guidance here : https://777a0725.flowpaper.com/RelationshipManagementNorthUpdateNovember2020/
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The Law Society has stood firm on the importance of Judicial Review in its submission to the Independent Review of Administrative Law chaired by Lord Faulks . It suggested 4 improvements would limit the need for citizens to need to resort to Judicial Review namely : Improve access to legal aid. Early legal advice would help improve evaluation of the merits
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Following extensive lobbying by the Law Society on behalf of members the SRA due to technical IT difficulties has agreed to extend the deadline for submissions until the 20th November – You can access the Statement from the SRA Here : SRA Extension Statement
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The Leeds & Yorkshire Lawyer is now out with exclusive coverage of the recent Diversity & Inclusion Conference
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On the 14th October the Law Society AGM finally was able to consider the proposals to reform the Law Society Council. This was one of the final steps along the road of a governance review that has been running effectively since 2016 . We have already seen a successful reorganisaiton of the management structure with a New Board charied by
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It has been announced that following a Local Law Society Nomination Process from the Member Associations of the Yorkshire Union , David Barraclough has been elected as a new Council Member representing Yorkshire at the Law Society . David replaces Chris Cole who retires at the Law Society AGM on 14th October with the thanks and appreciation of Yorkshire Members
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The impact of the Covid 19 lockdown on the legal profession in Yorkshire has been profound and many of the local law societies in Yorkshire are to a greater or lesser extent struggling with the fallout. The Yorkshire Union of Law Societies has arranged to hold an informal Zoom workshop on Thursday 6th August at 1.00 pm to enable representatives
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The Shadow Minister for Legal Aid, Karl Turner MP will be discussing the challenges for the justice system and access to justice. In 1949, Parliament passed the Legal Aid and Advice Act, providing free solicitor’s advice to those who were unable to pay. Describing legal aid, Lord Beecham called it “one of the great pillars of the post-war welfare state”
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