Clear your desk – leading firms embrace agile working (LSG)
Only ‘static workers’ such as secretarial staff is assigned a desk. Lawyers packs their belongings into lockers at the end of each working day.
Ex-Countrywide boss says company “going backwards” (EAT)
Harry Hill, the former Countrywide chief executive, has described his old company as “going backwards” following the publication of its half-year figures to the City.
Daughter’s £164k will victory ‘consistent with law’, say experts (LSG)
Wills experts have said a highly publicised ruling by the Court of Appeal to award a woman £164,000 from her estranged mother’s estate, despite being left out of the will, […]
PII renewal: scattergun or ‘sniper’? (LSG)
There must be a simpler way of completing the indemnity renewal process.
Separate-business rule relaxation ‘will increase consumer choice’ (LSG)
The oversight regulator has rubber-stamped proposals to allow solicitors and law firms to own or manage businesses in other professions.
Cameron says money laundering via property must stop (PIE)
Yesterday, the Prime Minister announced measures designed to unmask corrupt offshore company using the UK property market to hide their ‘dirty money’.
Solicitors ‘in denial’ about threat from accountants (LSG)
Accountants will soon be competing directly with solicitor firms ‘on every high street in the country’, according to a leading financial advisor to the legal sector.
SRA chief urges caution over legal regulation reform (LSG)
The head of the Solicitors Regulation Authority has called for caution amidst demands for wholesale reform of the regulatory regime.
Firms under scrutiny over measures to prevent money laundering (LSG)
Regulators have been forced to make repeat visits to some firms over concerns about the potential for money laundering, it has emerged.
Trouble ahead for conveyancers? (TC)
The current state of the UK housing market, leaves conveyancers with an uphill battle.
Law firm faces £5.1m breach of contract claim (LF)
London commercial property law firm Maples Teesdale is facing a claim for up to £5.1m for repudiatory breach of contract after losing a bid in the High Court to have […]
‘Compelling case’ for reforming regulation – LSB (LSG)
A report from the profession’s umbrella watchdog has warned that maintaining the current regulatory framework will inhibit reform and fail to create an environment for economic growth.