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Watchdog surprises Bar with launch of root and branch rulebook review

By Charlotte Edmond | June 13, 2007

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has embarked on an ambitious three-year project to rewrite the Bar's rulebook. The project was kicked off this week with the publication of a consultation paper that calls for views on how the Bar's Code of Conduct should be updated in the light of the Legal Services Bill and claims by the Office of Fair Trading that parts of the code may be anti-competitive.

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Legal Week

Watchdog surprises Bar with launch of root and branch rulebook review

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | June 13, 2007

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has embarked on an ambitious three-year project to rewrite the Bar's rulebook. The project was kicked off this week with the publication of a consultation paper that calls for views on how the Bar's Code of Conduct should be updated in the light of the Legal Services Bill and claims by the Office of Fair Trading that parts of the code may be anti-competitive.

6 minute read

International Edition

Geoffrey Vos QC: A call for debate over dogma

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | June 13, 2007

It is disappointing that positions on the Legal Services Bill are becoming entrenched. Important legislation can only be improved by constructive input from stakeholders. The Legal Services Bill provides a blueprint for the regulation of the legal profession for the next generation, and we should all be working together to make sure we get it absolutely right.

4 minute read

International Edition

City firms play host to Law Society PR drive

By Charlotte Edmond | June 12, 2007

The Law Society is launching a marketing campaign to boost awareness of the support services it provides to solicitors, with the society setting up stalls in the staff entrances and restaurants of 14 major UK firms. The body is targeting solicitors passing through Farringdon, Temple and Liverpool Street with adverts illustrating the services available. Slogans used on the adverts include 'Helping you meet the obligations on money laundering' and 'Equipping you to do the job'.

2 minute read

Legal Week

City firms play host to Law Society PR drive

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | June 12, 2007

The Law Society is launching a marketing campaign to boost awareness of the support services it provides to solicitors, with the society setting up stalls in the staff entrances and restaurants of 14 major UK firms. The body is targeting solicitors passing through Farringdon, Temple and Liverpool Street with adverts illustrating the services available. Slogans used on the adverts include 'Helping you meet the obligations on money laundering' and 'Equipping you to do the job'.

9 minute read

International Edition

BSB in ambitious bid to re-write Code of Conduct

By Charlotte Edmond | June 12, 2007

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has embarked on an ambitious three-year project to rewrite the Bar's rulebook for the first time. The project was kicked off today (12 June) with the publication of a consultation paper that calls for views on how the Bar's Code of Conduct should be updated in the light of the Legal Services Bill and claims by the Office of Fair Trading that parts of the code may be anti-competitive.

3 minute read

Legal Week

BSB in ambitious bid to re-write Code of Conduct

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | June 12, 2007

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has embarked on an ambitious three-year project to rewrite the Bar's rulebook for the first time. The project was kicked off today (12 June) with the publication of a consultation paper that calls for views on how the Bar's Code of Conduct should be updated in the light of the Legal Services Bill and claims by the Office of Fair Trading that parts of the code may be anti-competitive.

5 minute read

International Edition

BSB rejects call-deferral for pupil barristers

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | June 08, 2007

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) today (8 June) rejected controversial proposals by the Bar Council to defer calling junior barristers to the Bar until completion of their formal 12-month training. The BSB rejected the plans after a 12-month consultation amid concerns that allowing individuals to refer to themselves as barristers immediately after completing the Bar Vocational Course (BVC) could be misleading for the general public.

2 minute read

International Edition

Government rejects legal services call despite City giants' campaign

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | June 07, 2007

The Government is set to reject key amendments to the Legal Services Bill in a move that looks certain to stoke mounting unrest in the legal profession. The amendments, which were put forward by the House of Lords and backed by all corners of the legal profession, will be discussed in the Commons this month, but ministers have said the Government will reject attempts to limit its powers to make appointments to the new Legal Services Board.

2 minute read

International Edition

Stewarts celebrates victory in record PI case

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | June 06, 2007

London firm Stewarts has won a major victory in a ground-breaking personal injury case after a court awarded £9.5m to a paralysed client - the highest-ever PI pay-out in the UK. The case, which was heard by Mr Justice Lloyd Jones in the High Court last month (25 May), also saw the inclusion of periodical payments - the first time this has been awarded in loss-of-earning circumstances.

1 minute read

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