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Following the Independent Review into Criminal Legal Aid by Sir Christopher Bellamy the conclusions supported what Criminal Defence Solicitors had been saying for years – that the justice system and

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The SRA has announced that the outcome of the consultation is that it has agreed to extend the SIF until September 2023 whilst further options to protect consumers are considered

Our New President and Team I am the current president of the Society, having become junior vice president in September 2018 and then vice president in September 2019 and subsequently

Doncaster has launched its bid for City Status as part of the Plantinum Jubilee Celebrations next year . Ros Jones, Mayor of Doncaster and chair of Team Doncaster partnership, said:

SIF Meeting with the SRA – This afternoon we are meeting with the SRA via Teams to discuss the future of Solicitor Indemnity Fund – run off cover . This

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The LSB notes in its executive summary that : Although there have been some positive market developments and new regulatory arrangements since 2016, it is clear that further action is

We have pleasure to announce that we have managed to secure a meeting with the SRA for Yorkshire Solicitors to discuss the Post run off cover for solicitors which was

Covid 19 and the path out – seeking your views to inform Law Society Policy It can be difficult to sometimes now remember our world before we had Covid 19

The Yorkshire Union of Law Societies have announced the Election for the Yorkshire Council Seat following the issuing of Ballot Papers this week The Details of the Ballot are as

The Civil Justice Council after a ful consultation have pressed ahead with reccomendations ot increase hourly rates . Following a detailed consultation the final report has now been made with

Two particular consultations are likely to be of interest to Solicitors : A consultation on how Dispute Resolution and modern litigation should now look including the quesiton of whether and

The Common Platform which has been developed by HMCTS to streamline the delivery of justice is now rolling out more widely across the North East Circuit . In the first

No one can have failed to have been affected by the recent events that have been occuring in Afganistan . As we have all watched the scenes on our screens

The latest Edition of the Doncaster & District Law Society Newsletter is now available for Summer 2021 This edition includes : Some form of normality Doncaster Legal Walk 2021 Freedom

Improving social mobility is vitally important to the legal profession. Not only is it our altruistic duty to help those from impoverished backgrounds, but by being more inclusive we can

After intensive lobbying led by the Law Society the SRA announced today that its Board had concluded that the previous decision to close SIF was to be temporarily reversed for

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The Solicitors Indemnity Fund is due to close later this year and the Law Society is currently engaed in strong representations to the SRA that this should be stopped as