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09 February 2012
Issue: 7500 / Categories: Legal News
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ABS century

Alternative business structure requests hit 100

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has received nearly 100 requests from firms interested in converting to an alternative business structure. Applications opened last month. The process is in two stages—the second stage is bespoke and highly detailed.

Antony Townsend, SRA chief executive, says: “I was on record at the end of last year as saying that we expected much lower numbers of applications. However, we'll have to wait and see if the numbers of Stage 1 applications we receive is consistent with the number of actual ABS we eventually regulate.”

Issue: 7500 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
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