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FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Solicitors Regulation Authority welcome government proposals to make legal services regulators fully separate from representative bodies. SRA chair Enid Rowlands (pictured) told a board meeting in London that modern regulators should be ‘independent and fully accountable’ to the public. Chancellor George Osborne and business secretary Sajid Javid revealed plans earlier this week to consult on the change by spring 2016. In effect the plans would re-draft the Legal Services Act, which created legal services regulators that retained links to representative bodies. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Solicitors Regulation Authority welcome government proposals to make legal services regulators fully separate from representative bodies. SRA chair Enid Rowlands (pictured) told a board meeting in London that modern regulators should be ‘independent and fully accountable’ to the public. Chancellor George Osborne and business secretary Sajid Javid revealed plans earlier this week to consult on the change by spring 2016. In effect the plans would re-draft the Legal Services Act, which created legal services regulators that retained links to representative bodies. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
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- The Law Society decides against further Veyo investment | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/4Mgzek0lIh
- Trade union bill will lead to more strikes, says Unison https://t.co/VN2YLWE8xR
- The police should take more care with their harassment warning notices | Joshua Rozenberg https://t.co/xylahy8zj8
- Two couples to launch bid to quash Northern Ireland gay marriage ban https://t.co/vmdMYQDQJM
- Transgender woman Tara Hudson who was sent to male prison is freed https://t.co/7iyIcPm9W9
- Questions remain over police surveillance of bereaved sister https://t.co/nZjjJmjAWz
- Original Pistorius verdict had prompted outcry by legal experts #SouthAfrica https://t.co/Ze9IIXFf6i
- Michael Gove scraps criminal courts charge https://t.co/tUKMIJq2gR
- One way to solve prison overpopulation crisis: put councils in charge https://t.co/wmzAr6b6e0
- Children denied visits to fathers in jail after rule changes – charity https://t.co/VeNEqjf8la
- Refusal to grant British citizenship to extremist's family ruled unlawful https://t.co/zCqdEkjKtd
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- Slaughter and May drafted in on Hitachi corruption probe settlement | The Lawyer https://t.co/N3Si7FBKPG
- Linklaters, China, and the hunt for the right ally | The Lawyer https://t.co/JsAkpvScbH
- Barrister suspended for 18 months for acting without PC | Law Gazette https://t.co/iQGGWAFL4D
- Firm wins appeal against insurer that settled its PI claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/Xc9PVKiBZj
- Insurance lawyers worried about effects of Osborne’s PI plans | Law Gazette https://t.co/Gxp3VRrJ38
- Veyo e-conveyancing project to be wound up | Law Gazette https://t.co/Fr5YexxGoT
- Michael Gove scraps criminal courts charge | Law Gazette https://t.co/EJaSKLiVXF
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- Oscar Pistorius verdict changed to murder #SouthAfrica https://t.co/HUQH5ixKEM
- Ban underfed and underage models in fashion, MPs urged https://t.co/xiRRfw91N2
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- Shami Chakrabarti criticises 'Orwellian' political language after Paris attacks https://t.co/EUhNsaJSqu
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- Flaws in Home Office security forcing staff to rely on incomplete intelligence https://t.co/YPzKOPyAAy
- Five-year-old boy brain damaged at birth to receive £11.5m in compensation https://t.co/pt5AbA4B2T
- UK armed police told to race to stop terrorists and ignore the dying https://t.co/arGY73PCqK
- Cambridgeshire police seek volunteers to clean their cars https://t.co/mV2A0FOWCO
- Woman, 50, who won legal fight to refuse life-saving dialysis after losing her 'sparkle' dies https://t.co/BLdnd6PqCO
- UK must recycle 65pc of rubbish but failing countries 'let off the hook' by EU https://t.co/nYH2pXD9i4
- Legal battle by Yorkshire Ripper could leave taxpayer with six-figure bill https://t.co/Rfbpm7VErK
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- 'Memory man' genius plans to sue after losing memory when he is hit by drink-driver https://t.co/tFPtJ0I394
- The law on sex-selective abortion needs to change. It needs to be clearly legal https://t.co/yB7l4eAr7R
- Police 'must go further' on women officer numbers, says Theresa May https://t.co/FHX0pzTTdj
- MoFo boosts City restructuring team with Schulte Roth duo | The Lawyer https://t.co/eH5L5WX7YH
- Allen & Overy China head joins PwC Legal’s new China practice | The Lawyer https://t.co/JX1865ZBaa
- WFW on target for 2015/16 growth as half-year results show 5 per cent rise | The Lawyer https://t.co/V1MKsKfMh1
- Behind the deal: Why Tullett Prebon's deal with ICAP was a tough gig for its new GC | The Lawyer https://t.co/Sp3cxRvJIT
- Police make arrests in #Fifa inquiry at Zurich hotel https://t.co/7yDA7znAjn
- Lawyer Ivor Guild, dubbed the 'Duke of Princes Street' leaves £26m in will | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/aTarLziR31
- PIRC hands interim report on M9 deaths to Crown | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/eLNbV2aGU6
- Final draft guidance for Children and Young People Act published | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Haan1zPoFD
- Rapist guilty of 'appalling offences' including removing woman's teeth with pliers will serve at least 10 years https://t.co/ocRyIkAzzr
- DWF launches charity foundation to help support local communities | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Mp7lHlIBRi
- England: Youth and beauty-obsessed woman who failed in suicide attempt has right to refuse treatment https://t.co/UjK1DaI3aA
- Blackadders property team expands | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/E2mDrlMjCI
- Marks & Clerk expands Edinburgh team with senior appointment | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/kF6GhaIhF7
- Faculty members to speak at SNAP anniversary | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2ViNlW3F0k
- Separation would be better for both of us, SRA leaders tell Law Society | Legal Futures https://t.co/g217ZMjduW
- Survey: Public want justice system to modernise faster to improve access | Legal Futures https://t.co/OxVGfJZCmm
- Two solicitors rebuked for breaches of referral fee ban | Legal Futures https://t.co/MhPqw5eU4T
- Trading Standards officers seize 15,000 unsafe hoverboards https://t.co/aBkof1e8Z7
- Reality TV star Kylie Jenner has angered some disabled people, by posing in a gold wheelchair https://t.co/95HEnxuT7T
- Home Office criticised over £830m 'failed' borders scheme https://t.co/0G4N4KC5RT
- #INDIA's government working with several Gulf countries to stop exploitation of Indian labourers in those countries https://t.co/zS1Vifpj2l
- MPs slammed for 'despicable' laughter following vote to take Britain to war https://t.co/XZSLXmOwIu
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- Winston & Strawn add three corporate lawyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/kKYLOP1Ojf
- Shoosmiths named firm of the year at British legal awards | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Fb18tEGuIc
- Doubts over impact of first DPA | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/2xiD8Luayz
- Big Law firm enters Asia-Pac market with strategic alliance | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ceRRGSIdFz
- Bar Standards Board concerned by low number of entities | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/X3zYRoKTJE
- Law enforcement digs in against email subpoena legislation | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/jIVBvYM4LF
- BAT instructs Harbottle over BBC bribery claims | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/CdXqypcFPr Dec 02, 2015
- Prince Harry speaks out against wildlife slaughter https://t.co/7Pl30B72mS
- Ministers pull out of conference amid bullying scandal https://t.co/moH7Gj4JbN
- Man arrested over Kentish Town Tube push incident https://t.co/Atyh6H2e8R
- San Bernardino shooting: At least 14 dead #US #guncontrol https://t.co/5Hgr6Sjx88
- Neil Fox trial: DJ made 'saucy, cheeky comments' at work https://t.co/cWPOZA2Mma
- Former Head of #US Special Forces: Bush’s War in Iraq Created ISIS https://t.co/oJniWGG20E
- Socialist firebrand John McDonnell turns out to be a pussycat https://t.co/P4GSsVpWRH
- The judgment on C’s right to die seems to rehash old stereotypes about femininity and marriage https://t.co/A4n6Gm2wde
- Kim Jong-un's aunt sues defectors for spreading 'false information' #NorthKorea https://t.co/CDsuQkByLx
- Shami Chakrabarti: ‘How do we keep up the fight for democratic values? With solidarity and storytelling’ https://t.co/x84zJITLkH
- Only one-quarter of Britons believe legal system is fair https://t.co/vGL07nOhHO
- Court grants woman right to die after 'losing her sparkle' https://t.co/ULNJIvkswy
- Plan to scrap Human Rights Act delayed again https://t.co/N2Ak4dTmQe
- Iranian-American man hanged in #Iran for alleged crime in California https://t.co/I8VWslKUO1
- Football fan Ernest Goult who was found guilty of making monkey gestures at three black players, wins appeal https://t.co/yWQWYoGWVe