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Opening of the Legal Year breakfast: speech by president Jonathan Smithers

Last week Jonathan Smithers, President of the Law Society, delivered a speech at the Opening of the Legal Year breakfast.

Rob Hailstone October 7, 2015

Ratings website receives £3.6m cash injection (LSG)

A website that enables customers to rate their solicitors has received a £3.6m cash injection as it aims to become the top online comparison tool for professional advisers.

Rob Hailstone October 6, 2015

Sole practitioner authorisation agreed (SRA)

Changes to the way the SRA authorises sole practitioners have been agreed by the Legal Services Board.

Rob Hailstone October 5, 2015

Next housing market crash could be just around the corner, warns ex-minister (PIE)

Former business minister, Sir Vince Cable has warned of the possibility of another housing market crash.

Rob Hailstone October 5, 2015

ReviewSolicitors recruits 300 law firms through deal with case management provider (LF)

ReviewSolicitors has recruited 300 law firms as paying subscribers through a deal with redbrick Solutions.

Rob Hailstone October 5, 2015

Insurer warns on phone fraud against firms (LSG)

Three firms have between them lost £2.5m to phone fraudsters in recent months an insurer has revealed – suggesting that this represents only a small part of an epidemic of

Rob Hailstone October 5, 2015

Lender panel restrictions hit smaller law firms (LSG)

New criteria adopted by mortgage lenders to control the membership of their conveyancing panels have piled further pressure on smaller firms struggling to stay in the market.

Rob Hailstone October 5, 2015

Agents and conveyancers – It’s not rocket science (EAT)

It’s all about mutual respect and good communication.

Rob Hailstone October 3, 2015

“There’s nothing to stop us competing with you”, trade union ABS warns high street firms (LF)

The buying power meant that Unionline had been able to negotiate a conveyancing deal for its members with a law firm providing the service “at a better price than the high

Rob Hailstone October 2, 2015

Solicitors: national campaign launched on questions of trust

The SRA has launched a national ‘A question of trust’ campaign to give everyone a chance to have their say about action taken against those solicitors who fall short of

Rob Hailstone October 1, 2015

SRA: tell us what bad behaviour by lawyers matters most (LSG)

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has opened a four-month consultation involving asking the profession and clients what breaches of standards should be taken most seriously.

Rob Hailstone October 1, 2015

THAT funeral march provoking a complaint to Sir Stelios (EAT)

We’ve caught the apparent death of the high street estate agent on video – or at least that’s what online estate agency easyProperty would like us all to believe.

Rob Hailstone September 30, 2015