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LSB's role must be 'confined,' Bar chairman says

LSB's role must be 'confined,' Bar chairman says

Michael Todd QC, chairman of the Bar Council, has called for the LSB's role to be “confined” to prevent it duplicating the role of other regulators. The move comes after the three first solicitor ABSs were licensed by the SRA last week.
The ABS revolution is yet to come

The ABS revolution is yet to come

I was wrong. On 12 January I predicted that the first alternative business structures to be authorised by the SRA would be the Co-op and a small firm. Last week the regulator revealed that the Co-op and not one but two small firms were the first SRA-licensed ABSs.
Co-op and two small firms are first three ABSs

Co-op and two small firms are first three ABSs

The Co-op, a high street firm and a sole practitioner are the first three alternative business structures to have been authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority this morning.
Roll of solicitors is a year out of date

Roll of solicitors is a year out of date

The SRA has admitted that the roll of solicitors is now a year out of date. A spokesman said the organisation hoped to start work on renewing the roll in April 2011, but this would now take place “later than originally planned”.
Regulators at loggerheads over QASA

Regulators at loggerheads over QASA

The Bar Standards Board has hit out at “last-minute” proposals from the SRA, which “may allow judicial evaluation to be bypassed” in the new quality assurance scheme for criminal advocates (QASA).