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New guidance which was triggered by the European Union’s fifth money laundering directive, which came into force in January last year and brought in a raft of new requirements including changes to client due diligence and enhanced due diligence as well as a duty to collect proof of registration for companies and trusts. Folllowing the directive revised guidance has been
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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 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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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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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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