Friday

17th October - Law News

1026th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Women earn 28 per cent less than men. Female lawyers are continuing to earn less than their male colleagues and are not promoted at the same rate as men.. Full story - The Global Legal Post







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Thursday

16th October - Law News

1025th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: SRA proposes consumer credit firms seek authorisation from FCA. Regulator calls for solicitors to provide evidence in new consultation. Law firms that conduct consumer credit work may have to be authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under new proposals laid out by the SRA. Regulation for consumer credit work passed from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to the FCA in April. Under the OFT regime, solicitors were regulated under a group licence given to the Law Society and managed by the SRA. Full story - Solicitors Journal






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Wednesday

15th October - Law News

1024th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: In the strict legal sense law firm partnerships have been significantly on the wane since LLPs came into existence, but commentators usually mean rather more than that.  They are referring to a particular way of running the business and, perhaps, the type of partnership that was commonplace when the 1890 Act was drafted – one of collegiality, joint decision making and equal bargaining power.  Full story - The Lawyer







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Tuesday

14th October - Law News

1023rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Legal Services Board (LSB) has attacked the “arbitrary nature” of the separate business rule used by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), and said the list of what is permitted and what is not is “confusing”. In a report on restrictions on business ownership, the oversight regulator said: “The SRA appears to accept that certain legal services providers are capable of operating with prohibited separate businesses, subject to conditions regarding disclosure and separation, but others are not. Full story - Legal Futures






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Monday

13th October - Law News

1022nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Master Gordon-Saker’s call for judges to be given more training in costs budgeting, in his inaugural speech as Senior Costs Judge, has struck a chord among litigators. Full story - New Law Journal





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Sunday

12th October - Law News

1021th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap



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Saturday

11th October - Law News

1020th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


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