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'Super exam' risks damaging solicitor standards

Law Society denounces SRA plans to shake up legal education with 'piecemeal' announcements

MoJ to crackdown on 'greedy' claims management companies

Proposals aim raise industry standards and ensure a better deal for consumers

Law Society ups the stakes in debate over single legal regulator

State intervention will undermine rule of law and restrict access to justice, says chief exec

Law firm income increases for sixth consecutive year

One quarter of partners were found to take more money out of firms than they make in profits

Price of City law restricts access to justice

Charging by the hour is 'inefficient' and a 'productivity drain on the UK economy', says costs expert

Public support for independent regulation of solicitors

Take the opportunity to consolidate the regulatory maze, says the Law Society

Law Society continues to resist independent regulation

'Professional standards of behaviour, conduct, and ethics should be the responsibility of the profession'

The fraudsters after conveyancers' money

Conveyancing firms in England and Wales handle close to 100,000 transactions a month. With the average property worth £186,325, it is easy to see why fraudsters find conveyancing transactions so irresistible. Firms must be vigilant, particularly as the methodologies adopted by fraudsters are constantly evolving.