Blogs & opinions
Lessons from others' reform efforts
Council membership changes could enhance effective representation of solicitors
Constitution "in serious need of overhaul"
Current standing orders unable to deliver results needed
Society's constitution must be modernised
Lay members help profession stay in touch with public
A stitch in time
Could earlier discussions on police interviews not have saved a lot of hassle?
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
Useful exchanges at judicial appointments seminar
Interested audience - but gender balance as before
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
Constitution reform now a priority
Proposals are about to go to consultation - look out for the next e-bulletin
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: a reply
Convener assures solicitors that the fund is not vulnerable to a catastrophic claim
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