Some 3,600 sole practitioner solicitors are to be dropped from the Britannia and Co-Operative conveyancing panel, prompting the Law Society to mount a rescue attempt.
The Legal Services Board (LSB), the super-regulator which oversees the Law Society and Bar Council, has set a maximum potential fine of £28m for the Law Society if it does not reach its targets on complaints-handling.
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