The number of alternative business structures (ABS) approved by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) reached double figures last week, as a group of high-profile applicants continue to wait for their licence confirmation.

Birmingham commercial boutique Thinking Legal and Manchester personal injury firm Amelans recently became the tenth and eleventh applicants to be granted ABS status, with London’s Winckworth Sherwood, Lancashire’s Mulderrigs and JCP Solicitors in west Wales today (3 August) following suit, bringing the overall tally to 14.