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Pilot areas to test the concept of conditional cautions — which are designed to keep women out of prison — have been announced by the solicitor general.

Aspiring lawyers will be required to pass a new qualifying exam and will no longer need to complete the Legal Practice Course (LPC), under an overhaul of legal training announced by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

A streamlined mandatory accreditation system for solicitors who practise as advocates in the higher courts has been announced by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Board.

Not exact matches

The SRA has announced that the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE)-- dubbed by some as «the super exam» — will come into use after September 2020, replacing the current system of qualification, with the Legal Practice Course (LPC) phased out.

The award itself was sponsored by PSG, and we are pleased to announce that the winner is Janine Edwards from Watkins and Gunn Solicitors which has branches in Pontypool, Newport and Cardiff.

After much anticipation, the Law Society of Hong Kong announced earlier this month that the new and increased solicitors» hourly rates (SHR) for party and party taxations in civil proceedings has been approved by the Hong Kong judiciary (the judiciary), and will apply to all work carried out by solicitors from 1 January 2018 onwards.

South of England firm BakerLaw LLP has announced that its first intake of trainees has resulted in new solicitor Farhana Ahmed being retained by the private client team.

The proposal, first announced in February 2016, would have increased the fee from # 155 (if done by a solicitor) or # 215 (without a solicitor) to a figure on a sliding scale of between # 300 and # 20,000, depending on the size of the estate.

Following representations by the Law Society, the Legal Services Commission has announced some changes to the forthcoming roll out of the CDS Direct / duty solicitor changes.

Last year the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) announced their decision to reform solicitor qualification in England and Wales by introducing the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE).

Recent case law suggests motor insurers could raise premiums despite new measures announced by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), a solicitor has warned.

The graduated fee scheme for Crown court defence litigators, announced last week by the Legal Services Commission (LSC), has been savaged by defence solicitors.