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Enter for the Legal Executive of the Year at the Law Society's Excellence Awards
Ian Ashley-Smith from Heringtons Solicitors in Eastbourne is the first Legal Executive to be appointed a Judge.
Topical legal issues on legal aid and will writers have been making the airwaves at Radio 4
A report into the future of the UK Trust and Estate practice has found that solicitors feel optimistic about the advent of Alternative Business Structures, but concerned about the effects of regulation within the sector.
The legal services commission are providing training on the new family fee schemes set to be introduced in October.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has published a report into regulatory actions raised against Black and Minority Ethnic Solicitors
The Law Society has reported that small law firms are likely to withstand the competition of Alternative Business Structures
The government have set out their top 5 priorities for the Ministry of Justice
The government have announced plans to review defamation law in a bid to protect freedom of speech.
The Guardian reports that government plans to end their legal aid training scheme is likely to dispraportionately affect lawyers from underprivileged backgrounds.