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Paralegals: team building at work
Initial success of Registered Paralegal Scheme suggests the right formula
The bill in retrospect
Don't lose sight of the bigger picture
Effect of the Akzo judgment
"Premature to legislate" on ABS pending Supreme Court judgment in Prudential tax appeal
The better path?
The legal profession in England & Wales is coming to appreciate aspects of our model in Scotland
What did you do in the hols? - We talked
Lengthy agenda for Society and Government before bill finalised
Section 92 has its teeth drawn
Final stage 2 sitting amends Society provisions
Will writer concerns recognised in stage 2 amendments
Commentary on Justice Committee's third sitting on amendments to the bill
Inside view from Down Under
New South Wales commissioner tells of ABS experience
Committee keeping us guessing
Justice Committee sitting this week leaves key issues unresolved
Justice Committee backs compromise proposal
Commentary on the stage 2 committee sitting of 15 June
Guarantee Fund: negotiations continue
The Society is pressing the Government to accept that only practices that it regulates should have a claim on the fund
MSPs going for wider view
First stage 2 debate suggests bill will be permissive
The Australian approach – another angle
A comparison of statutory safeguards for lawyers' independence
The legal landscape – looking with new eyes
In an address delivered at Said Business School, Oxford, the LSEW President reviews the changes in England & Wales under the Legal Services Act, and questions whether the balance in the fragile legal "ecosystem" has been disturbed
Pro bono needs a conversion of hearts
Proposal for compulsion likely to be counterproductive
Cards on the table
Time to put the ball in the Parliament's court
Guarantee Fund: whose benefit?
Does ABS not mean a blank cheque against default in the biggest transactions?
The choice for the profession
Society's AGM motion is necessary to provide unity and a long term solution
The high street's concerns
How will our clients - especially the poorest - be looked after in a post-ABS world?
"Change is inevitable"
View from south of the border by the owner of a virtual law pracice
Open letter to the profession on Legal Services Act
Eight firms appeal to solicitors to support ABS proposals
SLAS briefing paper to MSPs
Paper explains Scottish Law Agents Society stance on ABS and professional independence
High noon in Grosvenor Street
Views are polarising again ahead of the AGM
Two sides to ABS
MDPs present fewer problems than wider ownership