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The Law Society has published a guide relating to the closure of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF), which will stop accepting new claims after 30 September 2022

Legal expenses insurance is rarely used by consumers and should be more widely promoted as a solution to unmet legal needs, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has said

An innovative mentoring project for the insurance claims sphere has been launched by law firm DAC Beachcroft (DACB) and global insurer, Markel Insurance

Responding to HMRC’s consultation on raising standards in the tax advice market, the Law Society supports the principle of mandatory professional indemnity insurance (PII) for anyone who provides tax advice, so long as the new regime does not create additional burdens for regulated professionals who are already subject to minimum PII requirements.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has announced the extension of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF) for a further year.

Law firms paid an average of 30% more for their professional indemnity insurance (PII) renewal this spring, according to a report, ‘Solicitors Season Review’, by Lockton Solicitors last month.

The closure of the Solicitors indemnity Fund (SIF) should not be treated as a fait accompli, solicitor (non-practising) Andrew Stovin writes in this week’s NLJ.

Retired solicitors could be left out in the cold with the closure of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund, as Andrew Stovin explains

The legal & regulatory landscape surrounding automated vehicles is taking shape: David Mason considers the questions still to be answered

DAC Beachcroft has become the first law firm member of ClimateWise, a global insurance industry collaboration committed to reducing the impact of climate change on society.

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Public Accounts Committee warn of ‘extinction’ risk for legal aid

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned

NLJ this week: The insider returns

Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome

NLJ this week: Drawing the line on contempt

After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights

NLJ this week: Stop and search by the numbers

The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains

NLJ this week: Looking back on the prorogation that never was

Boris Johnson’s 2019 attempt to shut down Parliament remains a constitutional cautionary tale. The move, framed as a routine exercise of the royal prerogative, was in truth an extraordinary effort to sideline Parliament at the height of the Brexit crisis. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC dissects how prorogation was wrongly assumed to be beyond judicial scrutiny, only for the Supreme Court to intervene unanimously

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Insurance / reinsurance

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly