Tuesday

17th March - Law News

1177th 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: Responding to the enforcers - How regulatory pressure is reshaping in-house teams in the banking sector. Banking sector legal heads are continuing to realign their in-house teams following a period of intense regulatory scrutiny on the industry. Full story - The Lawyer




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Monday

16th March - Law News

1176th 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 Ministry of Justice’s Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) reforms created knock-on costs for other parts of government, failed to target legal aid at those who need it most and did not discourage unnecessary litigation, a devastating report by the Justice Select Committee has found. Full story - New Law Journal





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Sunday

15th March - Law News

1175th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Our last Saturday Law Interview featured Dr. Steven Vaughan, a former city solicitor and now a legal academic with expertise on the laws regarding the regulation of nanotechnology as well as the standard and quality of legal advice offered by corporate law firms: 'Regulating nanotechnology & the quality of corporate legal advice'.




Saturday Conversations on Law

Saturday

14th March - Law News

1174th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

Our last Saturday Law Interview featured Dr. Steven Vaughan, a former city solicitor and now a legal academic with expertise on the laws regarding the regulation of nanotechnology as well as the standard and quality of legal advice offered by corporate law firms: 'Regulating nanotechnology & the quality of corporate legal advice'.





Saturday Conversations on Law

Friday

13th March - Law News

1173rd 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: Competence statement could be used as enforcement tool, SRA chief says. The Solicitors Regulation Authority adopted a new way to judge lawyers’ competence yesterday, which will for the first time mean it does not need to rely entirely on expert opinion or case law. Speaking after the SRA board approved the final version of the ‘competence statement’, chief executive Paul Philip said it could be used in enforcement proceedings against solicitors. Full story - Legal Futures





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Thursday

12th March - Law News

1172nd 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 Solicitors Regulation Authority’s decision to withdraw as a signatory to a best practice code for trainees from the end of March has surprised junior lawyers, who were expecting the regulator to withdraw after September. The voluntary code, which sets recruitment responsibilities for employers and trainees, has as signatories the SRA, the Law Society’s Junior Lawyers Division, the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Service (AGCAS) and Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR). Full story - The Law Society Gazette




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