The Law Society has today voiced its support of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) as it consults on proposed changes to the minimum terms and conditions (MTCs) for professional indemnity insurance (PII) policies so they’Read More
Juliet Harvey, National Chair of Resolution gives an update on HMCTS Court Portals. Lots of our members have been very concerned with issues about Court portals. I have spoken with the President and have written Read More
The Family Law Awards have added a Well-being award to this year’s category list, to shine a spotlight on the resilience of the family law sector. The award will recognise the family law firm, Read More
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has abandoned its plans to reduce the maximum grants made from the Compensation Fund. This u-turn has been welcomed by The Law Society for England and Wales. A spokesperson for Read More
The Law Society has launched its member survey on the Practising Certificate Fee (PC fee) for 2021/22. The survey continues the consultation on the PC fee and business plan which began on 10 May and has already Read More
Since the pandemic and the rise of people working from home, cyber criminals have had to adapt to their new environment prior to launching a cyber attack. The UK Government estimates that the cost of Read More
How solicitors work has changed—and it could be for the better for you and your firm. For a lot of lawyers, family law solicitors included, it was previously unthinkable that it was possible to Read More
The Parenting Apart Programme are offering Workshops to enhance your skills and knowledge when Working With Parental Conflict – they also have two other Workshops to help professionals with identifying Safeguarding In Divorce and Child Development. Read More
Anna Bradley has been reappointed as the Chair of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Board for a second three-year term. Anna will be the SRA Chair until December 2024, having originally taken up the post in Read More
The bi-annual Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) diversity survey will be run in late Summer this year; the last survey took place in 2019 and saw 96% of firms reporting their data from more than 186,000 people in 9,500 firms. Read More
HMCTS have updated their operational summary for week commencing Monday 24th May 2021. Updated: We actively encourage our staff and all court users to support their local authorities by taking part in surge testing in areas Read More
New guidance on how to supervise and support junior staff and trainees via hybrid and flexible working models as firms and organisations look to return to the office has been unveiled by the Law Society Read More
Simpson Millar has announced the appointment of Cara Nuttall as a new Family Law Partner in a move which furthers the firm’s ambitious expansion plans for 2021. Cara is joined by experienced Senior Associate, Jo-Anna Read More
An Inquiry has been set up in relation to the rights of cohabiting partners due to a widespread perception that cohabiting partners have similar or identical rights to those who are married or in a Read More
Following the news of their divorce, the battle lines have been drawn further between Bill and Melinda Gates, as the billonaire’s estranged wife looks to increase her children’s inheritance of $10m each. Melinda Read More
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), who represent children in family court cases in England, have released their monthly statistics for April 2021. Overall summary Total new case demand in April was in Read More
Hollie Orgee, a senior solicitor at the Stowe Family Law office in Birmingham, discusses technology conception fertility treatments and whether our family laws are fit for purpose. Lockdowns, social restrictions and changes to how we Read More
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way cyber criminals target those they want to exploit. With this in mind, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has launched the Cyber Essentials Readiness Tool which helps firms Read More
We hosted the second in our series of content marketing webinars last Thursday and it was all about LinkedIn. We were so excited to welcome guest speaker along Rich Dibbins from Staxton Digital. Rich has Read More
This article is written by Paul Fairbairn and Victoria Symons, Partners at Cripps Pemberton Greenish The family of the late Samsung Electronics chairman, Lee Kun-hee, has made headlines recently after his estate was told it Read More
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