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FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) is finally set to go ahead after the Supreme Court ruled that it was “the only way” to protect all members of the public involved in criminal proceedings “at an upper level”. But it has been claimed that the decision will make it harder for similar schemes to be introduced for other areas of law. Four criminal law barristers have been trying to overturn the Legal Services Board’s (LSB) approval of QASA as proposed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, Bar Standards Board (BSB) and CILEx Regulation, but lost in the High Court and Court of Appeal. Full story - Legal Futures
FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) is finally set to go ahead after the Supreme Court ruled that it was “the only way” to protect all members of the public involved in criminal proceedings “at an upper level”. But it has been claimed that the decision will make it harder for similar schemes to be introduced for other areas of law. Four criminal law barristers have been trying to overturn the Legal Services Board’s (LSB) approval of QASA as proposed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, Bar Standards Board (BSB) and CILEx Regulation, but lost in the High Court and Court of Appeal. Full story - Legal Futures
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