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The Practice Notes in this subtopic identify specific Precedents within Lexis+® UK Practice Compliance that you could use or adapt to comply with the requirements of various legal accreditation practice management schemes including:

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    Lexcel v6.1, the Law Society’s practice management standard

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    the Legal Aid Agency's Specialist Quality Mark (SQM)

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    the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS)

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    the Wills and Inheritance Quality Scheme (WIQS)

Lexcel v6.1

Lexcel v6.1 was issued in June 2018.

Practice Note: Lexcel practice management standard v6.1—Precedents content map identifies specific Precedents within Lexis+® UK Practice Compliance and Practice Management...

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