Tag: ABS
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The CLC and Access to Justice
Improving access to justice is one of the regulatory objectives set out in the Legal Services Act 2007, which all Approved Regulators – and the oversight regulator, the Legal Services Board – are required to uphold and promote. The CLC elected to require individual licensed conveyancers to provide an Access to Justice Statement as part…
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Improving conveyancing risk through simplest of methods: the checklist
Can any conveyancer with more than 10 years experience challenge the notion that over the last decade conveyancing has become increasingly complex with more requirements being heaped onto the poor conveyancing lawyer? Examples of additional considerations including AML regulations, or new searches to be aware of such as chancel, environmental or flood. Add to the…
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The emergence of "dumbed-down" lawyers in a post ABS world
David Bott,the new president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) yesterday warned of the emergence of a new breed of ‘dumbed-down, legal-lite’ lawyer following the introduction of alternative business structures. Addressing the Associations annual conference, David Bott predicted that ‘potentially massive’ new entrants to the personal injury market will be ‘very efficient’, but…