Hints and tips:
...“I didn’t set up [think-tank] Tax Policy Associates to campaign on libel law, but I felt I’d blundered into something that was so wrong I should have a go at helping to fix it.”...
...Mr Beckwith failed to have the case thrown out earlier this year, arguing the SRA investigation had been flawed and the case was beyond the regulator’s remit....
...“Has a partner been responsible for a pay-off to an associate? Have we lost associates because of this partner? These considerations should go to the bottom line,” she said....
...“How many law schools go down that route will depend on the SRA review,” says Jackie Panter, associate head of Manchester Law School at Manchester Metropolitan University....
...The two-year training contract system differentiates the UK from other jurisdictions notably the US, where those graduating from law school become associate lawyers straight away....
...Sonita Hayward, associate at Bolt Burdon Kemp, says: “Conveyancing firms are particularly vulnerable because the transaction values are so high that if fraudsters can pull off even one of these transactions...
...Had Slater & Gordon not stepped in, the SRA may have faced failure of a firm managing more than 100,000 ongoing legal claims, and it is not clear the small number of peers would be able, or willing to take...
International Edition