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Win, lose or draw?

Stuart Bushell questions how solicitors will fare under the new business structures

ILEX becomes CILEX

Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly presented the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives with a Royal Charter last week.

On the money

Whether or not you are guilty, being accused of money laundering can have brutal consequences – so make sure your procedures are up to scratch, warns Susanna Heley

File-sharing action lawyer suspended for two years

Andrew Crossley, the sole-practitioner who sent hundreds of letters to web users accusing them of illegal file sharing, has been suspended for two years by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.

Minimum salary for trainees has no justification, SRA says

Young lawyers warn of 'exploitation' if trainee minimum wage is scrapped

Filling the COFAs

Time will soon run out for firms taking a lax approach to the appointment of compliance officers, warns Martin Varley

SRA calls for abolition of minimum salary for trainees

The SRA has backed abolition of the minimum salary for trainee solicitors and suggested that they could instead be paid the national minimum wage.

MySRA hit by yet more delays

The deadline for solicitors renewing their PCs has slipped further, as the SRA published plans for a phased process, lasting until the end of February.