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Charles Plant: 'LETR brings outcomes focus to legal education'

As he encourages solicitors to endorse the LETR's recommendation to scrap minimum CPD hours, the chair of the SRA board welcomes the greater emphasis on outcomes and professional ethics

Northern delights | The LETR of the law

The Legal Education and Training report contains much to be recommended but Kevin Poulter is not convinced it is as innovative as it should be for tomorrow's legal services sector

ABS countdown | Law firms must embrace corporate governance

The requirement for compliance officers is an important step for a sector on the road to a more corporate ethos, says Ian Muirhead

'Windfall' for defendant lawyers in new personal injury costs rules

Defendants to get same fast track fixed costs as claimants for less work

'Very difficult' to take action on referral fee ban, SRA director says

Liberalising legal services increases risk of 'black swan' event

Why you should avoid the distractions of the annual financial reporting round

By Ian Jeffery, Managing Partner, Lewis Silkin   

No need to ban inducements by solicitors, SRA says

Ban on inducements by CMCs puts pressure on regulator to follow suit

'Public interest' test for whistleblowing comes into force