Sentences with phrase «law society president»

Law Society President Lok Vi Ming acknowledges that it may be difficult from a practical point of view, but believes lawyers can come round to the idea.

Law Society president Joe Egan said: «Brexit - borne uncertainty does not appear to have affected solicitors» indemnity premiums and the average premium has actually dropped slightly.»

Bruce LeRose, law society president at the time, said: «The right to counsel is a crucial right in a free and democratic society, and the law society recognizes and fully supports that right.»

The Law Society President, Andrew Caplen, put it more directly: «Court fee hikes introduced by the government from April spell disaster for access to justice, pricing the public out of the courts and leaving small businesses saddled with debts they are due but unable to afford to recover.»

Law Society president John Wotton said it was «unusual» for a Lords committee to «express their concerns with such startling clarity».

Immigration lawyer Andrew Holroyd has taken the reins as Law Society president and pledged to continue the fight to save legal aid.

Law Society president, Robert Heslett's letter states: «The implications for the 3,600 businesses and the people employed by those businesses are stark, to say the least, and could have a knock on effect on access to justice if any are forced to close as a result.»

Law Society president Andrew Holroyd says: «We are delighted that the current unjustified disadvantage to solicitor - advocates has ended.»

Law Society President Marsh says: «The Law Society lobbied successfully on behalf of its members working in the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) so that the barrier for CPS lawyers seeking judicial appointment would be lifted.

Law Society president Robert Bourns said the ruling «strongly supports the need to protect sensitive information such as legally privileged material, which is private information belonging to the client, and to ensure it is accessed only when absolutely necessary, with robust and independent oversight».

Jonathan Smithers, Law Society President, said access would only be increased if training providers developed cheaper and more flexible courses: «Our concern is that the Solicitors Regulation Authority's (SRA) consultation contains little detail on the proposed assessments.»

Law Society president Jonathan Smithers says: «Run - off cover is a necessary protection for clients, employees and for retiring solicitors.

Law Society president Linda Lee said the decision is a reminder that HMRC guidance is not necessarily an accurate reflection of the law.

The Law Society also welcomed the news, with Law Society president Robert Bourns noting that the proposals would have affected 42 % of estates.

Law Society President Robert Bourns, who gave evidence to the committee, welcomed the report.

Law Society president Jonathan Smithers said: «Access to justice for all through the tribunal must trump the «full cost recovery» imperative driving the MoJ's proposal.

The decision is also backed by Law Society president, Andrew Holroyd, who said in an interview with BBC News 24 that, «in light of the use of intercept evidence in other jurisdictions, the ongoing use of foreign intercept evidence in UK courts and improved EU co-operation, the introduction of intercept evidence is the logical next step».

However, Law Society president Andrew Holroyd says several questions about how BVT could operate in the legal aid world remain unanswered in this consultation.

Last October, the newspaper headline «Technology could oust junior lawyers» brought home the existential threat to young lawyers, through the words of Law Society President Thio Shen Yi SC in the Law Gazette:

Law Society President Lucy Scott - Moncrieff said that the Law Society introduced CQS to promote high standards in the home buying process.

Law Society president Joe Egan warned that disclosure of evidence is «integral» to a criminal investigation.

«It is completely unacceptable that defence solicitors should fear that their conversations with clients are being monitored,» Law Society President Andrew Holroyd told The Telegraph.

Law Society president, Andrew Holroyd, has urged MPs to ensure the legislation is robust enough to prevent witness anonymity becoming a routine request made without good reason.

A decade from now, after the dust of court challenges has settled, a Canadian law society president near you may be calling to the bar a graduate from the Trinity Western University Faculty of Law (TWU).

Law Society President Joe Egan said: «The lack of a formal will should not restrict a court from respecting someone's final wishes when those can be proven — with appropriate safeguards against fraud.

At a recent meeting the committee was told about an information gathering project currently being undertaken by Andrew Caplen (Law Society President).

Other news: The Law Society president, Joe Egan, confirmed to Roll on Friday that his firm pays its trainee solicitors less than the # 18,547 recommended minimum.

We recently distributed a press release announcing that Andrew Gray of Truth Legal Solicitors is the new Harrogate and District Law Society President.

James Parry, the criminal defence lawyer who led the campaign to remove both Hudson and Law Society president Nicholas Fluck, called his leaving «a welcome development».

Law Society president Linda Lee said the government's current proposals «will increase overall costs to the state as downstream costs arise when legal problems aff ecting ordinary people are unresolved».

Law Society president Linda Lee says the society had received more than 800 applications to join the scheme.

Law Society president Joe Egan said: «A new tier of solicitors, working in unregulated outfits, wouldn't have to have the same insurance, wouldn't pay into the solicitors compensation fund and wouldn't inevitably afford their clients legal professional privilege.

Law Society President Lucy Scott - Moncrieff says: «This and recent similar cases dramatically illustrate the pressures on so many parts of the profession — the obvious pressures on PI and legal aid practitioners are to the forefront.»

Law Society President Joe Egan said: «This post-implementation appraisal by government is long - awaited and needs to be comprehensive.

Joe Egan, Law Society president, said: «The justice system is facing a cliff edge scenario; criminal duty solicitors are part of an increasingly ageing profession, and government cuts mean there are not enough young lawyers entering the field of criminal defence work.

Law Society president Robert Bourns said hundreds of thousands of people eligible for legal aid one day became ineligible the very next, but it was a «false economy».

«The financial eligibility test for civil legal aid is disqualifying people from receiving badly - needed legal advice and representation, even though they are already below the poverty line,» said Law Society president Joe Egan.

Law Society president hits out at government plans to tax City law firms warning it could drive firms away from London

Law Society president, Andrew Caplen, says: «The Bill would stop judges from granting PCOs until permission is granted, a stage which in itself requires intensive up - front work by lawyers which incurs costs.

The new money — $ 75,000 for each of the next two years — will help it continue, says law society president Gavin Hume.

Andrew Holroyd, Law Society president said:

The most impressive was Lucy Scott - Moncrieff, the Law Society president, who has considerable experience of legal aid in mental health cases.

Law Society president Joe Egan said «At this point we only have a high - level outline of the SQE — the devil is in the detail.

Law Society president Joe Egan said «The financial eligibility test for civil legal aid is disqualifying people from receiving badly - needed legal advice and representation, even though they are already below the poverty line... The position has been getting progressively worse, because the means test thresholds have been frozen since 2010, while the cost of living, of course, has not.

As Law Society president Roberts Bourns puts it: «Firms with good diversity, inclusion and social mobility policies have a competitive advantage... Not only do solicitors themselves come from an ever widening pool — reflecting the diverse society of which we are part and which we serve — but new business models are flourishing, allowing us to provide an ever more tailored service to our clients.»

Law Society President Joe Egan said: «The outcome of this review is good news for solicitors and consumers alike — a «one size fits all» approach to the regime would have risked making many cases economically unviable.

As outgoing Law Society President Karen Clearwater explains in the May 2015 issue of Communiqué 2.0, Law Society benchers have been considering how to address a lack of diversity, in skills, experience, gender, culture and more, around the bencher table.

Law Society President Joe Egan said: «After decades of legal aid cuts by successive governments we have no choice but to act against an arbitrary cut that will do little if anything to drive down the legal aid bill — but could have a very detrimental impact on justice.»

Law Society president Jonathan Smithers also expressed concern about the impact on access to justice for highly complex cases.

Not exact matches

Congress and the President of the United States, George Bush, indicated in Public Law 102 - 14, 102nd Congress, that the United States of America was founded upon the Seven Universal Laws of Noah, and that these Laws have been the bedrock of society from the dawn of civilization.