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Book review: The Law of Legal Services

15 January 2016
Issue: 7682 / Categories: Features
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"For the busy risk partner/compliance officer or law firm general counsel, it is a useful one-stop shop"

Editor: John Gould
Publishers: Jordan Publishing
ISBN: 9781846619359
Price: £185.00

This book rises to meet a formidable challenge: a comprehensive analysis of regulation, professional liability and business issues for legal practices (and not just solicitors). Its obvious competitor is Cordery on Legal Services, over which, to the reviewer’s eyes at least, it has the advantage of being contained in one hardbound volume, rather than looseleaf. It is also available in electronic format and there is a website of resources and links to support it.

Substantial

The text covers a substantial variety of topics. The first section covers the regulatory framework of the Legal Services Act 2007 as it applies to solicitors, barristers, licensed conveyancers, trade mark attorneys, patent attorneys, and notaries. Inevitably there is a greater focus on solicitors and barristers than other branches of the legal profession.

It deals with matters such as client care, conflicts of interests, undertakings and separate business. Authorisation is addressed, and there

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