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The International Data Insights Report: Trends in international arbitration
Mark Fallmann
SRA Standards and Regulations – what you need to know
Reach for the StaRs!
Understanding the new SRA Principles and Code: the long read
SRA and the regulation of your personal life
Ethics and what’s expected of you
Reporting concerns - understanding your obligations
Stand up and be accountable
The new Solicitors Accounts Rules: what has changed?
The new ‘freelance’ solicitor: practical aspects and our predictions
Time to prioritise, but not to panic
25 October 2017
#LSA10 10 years: The global impact of the Legal Services Act
As we mark the 10th anniversary of the Legal Services Act, those of us who have been knocking around the international legal services scene since the mid-2000s can be forgiven a wry smile.
24 October 2017
#LSA10: The Legal Services Act and Regulatory Bloodlines
Many years ago, I remember a partner telling me that his daughter wasn’t allowed, because of the firm’s partnership agreement, to work at his firm but that she would, of course, go to one of the other magic circle firms. This idea, that lawyer dynasties would spread their bloodlines throughout various elite firms, has stayed with me ever since.
23 October 2017
#LSA10: Reflecting on 10 years of the Legal Services Act - An Introduction
On the 30th October 2017 the Legal Services Act 2007 (LSA) reaches its 10th anniversary. That seems an appropriate moment to pause and reflect on what has happened over the last 10 years and how the LSA has shaped the legal market in England and Wales and beyond. Over the next week we will be publishing 6 blogs, one each day looking at different aspects of the impact of the LSA written by the regulatory team at Kingsley Napley and also guest experts. We will also be looking forward to the next 10 years.
28 September 2017
White & Case fined £250,000: Is this the shape of things to come in Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal cases?
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) recently imposed a fine of £250,000 on White & Case – the largest against any law firm in England and Wales. The previous record (£50,000) was shared by Clyde & Co and Fuglers.
28 September 2017
The brave new world of price transparency and what it means for firms
Yesterday the SRA finally published its response to the Competition & Markets Authority's 2016 report urging increased price transparency for the legal services sector.
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