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17 Oct 2011

Competitive tendering set for 'later this year'

he government will reveal its competitive tendering plans for criminal legal aid work later this year, justice secretary Ken Clarke (pictured) has said. There had been speculation that the move would be delayed.

11 Oct 2011

Competitive tendering plans to be launched later this year

The government will reveal its competitive tendering plans for criminal legal aid work later this year, justice secretary Ken Clarke has said. There had been speculation that the move would be delayed.

7 Oct 2011

Legal network first to unveil plan for stock market listing

A network of independent solicitors is the first legal advice provider to have announced plans for listing on the stock exchange.

21 Sept 2011

Bar Standards Board moves to lay majority

The Bar Standards Board has become the latest and only the second of the larger frontline regulators to appoint a board with a lay majority.

12 Sept 2011

SRA attacked from all sides over ABS delay

External capital 'cannot wait three or four months', Pannone partner says

15 Aug 2011

Resisting temptation

Do not be tempted to dismiss the LSB's changes to outcomes-focused regulation as unimportant, warns Susanna Heley

25 Jul 2011

Update: environment

Adrienne Copithorne considers environmental impact assessment screening opinions, an odour nuisance case involving a landfill site, promptness in judicial review and planning fraud

14 Jul 2011

Consumer panel backs regulation for all will writers

The Legal Services Board's consumer panel has called for will writing to become a reserved activity – but not one reserved for solicitors.