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2013/06/12 12:36
2013/06/12 12:36
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A hands-off approach to regulation is ‘not an option’ for the Legal Services Board, the embattled super-regulator has protested. In a statement on its role timed to coincide with the publication of...
2013/06/12 12:36
2013/06/12 12:36
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2013/06/05 10:36
2013/06/05 10:36
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The Legal Services Board is to formally investigate whether the Bar Council breached rules to interfere in a controversial decision affecting the cab rank rule. The investigation follows information...
2013/06/05 08:40
2013/06/05 08:40
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... unsuitable” wills written by the “incompetent, untrained and uninsured” remain a risk to contractors and other consumers following a decision not to regulate the practice, experts...
2013/05/31 10:36
2013/05/31 10:36
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The Law Society has confirmed it will introduce a new accreditation scheme - the Wills and Inheritance Scheme - in the autumn. The scheme is for solicitors providing will-writing and probate...
2013/05/31 08:36
2013/05/31 08:36
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The Legal Services Board will not introduce specific guidance for damages-based agreements - despite conceding there is risk of a new mis-selling scandal. Instead, the super-regulator has called on...
2013/05/30 10:36
2013/05/30 10:36
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The Legal Services Board has called on regulators to provide clear information on provider performance, to help consumers make more informed choices. This follows research by watchdog the Legal...
2013/05/30 04:50
2013/05/30 04:50
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David Forster Photo: Jason South A Victorian lawyer has lost his fight to access money from the sale of his law firm. The Law Institute of Victoria investigated David Brian Forster's former...
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2013/05/29 12:36
2013/05/29 12:36
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The Bar Standards Board will encounter ‘significant challenges’ in emulating the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s move to outcomes-focused regulation, a report by the super-regulator has...
2013/05/22 12:36
2013/05/22 12:36
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Just one in eight small businesses will turn to a solicitor to solve a legal problem despite many suffering financial loss as a result. Research published today by the Legal Services Board found only...
2013/05/19 23:13
2013/05/19 23:13
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Depriving defendants of the ability to choose their own solicitor will undermine confidence in the criminal justice system, an official legal watchdog warned on Monday. The Legal Services Consumer...