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06 March 2013
Issue: 7551 / Categories: Legal News
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LSB under fire

SRA & Bar Council criticise Legal Services Board

The Legal Services Board (LSB) came under fire this week. The Solicitors Regulation Authority, responding to a consultation on the LSB’s business plan, said: “It is not clear that the organisation as a whole has sufficient knowledge or experience of the regulation of professions and the conduct of business regulation.” Earlier, the Bar Council criticised accused the LSB of “mission creep” and of spending too much money on research “of questionable quality”, such as £21,367 researching the cab rank rule.

Issue: 7551 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Fieldfisher—Will Sharp

Fieldfisher—Will Sharp

Fieldfisher boosts structured finance practice with appointment of Will Sharp

gunnercooke—Thomas Bjorn & Peter Rudd-Clarke

gunnercooke—Thomas Bjorn & Peter Rudd-Clarke

gunnercooke grows its life sciences team with new partner hires

Leonard Curtis Legal—Mark Maguire & Kane Jones

Leonard Curtis Legal—Mark Maguire & Kane Jones

Leonard Curtis Legal expands corporate team with twonew appointments

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
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
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
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
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