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The Office for Legal Complaints (OLC) has launched a consultation on proposed changes to the Legal Ombudsman (LeO) Scheme Rules, case fees and the...
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has published its third annual progress report on the implementation and operation of Parts 1–3 of the...
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has updated its guidance on effective supervision following the Court of Appeal's decision in Mazur v...
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has secured convictions against David Greenhalgh and Christos Farmakis at Southwark Crown Court, following a trial...
What is a solicitor's undertaking?An undertaking is a commitment by a solicitor to do something. It can be enforced against the solicitor by the...
In what circumstances might a solicitor be able to contact another lawyer's client directly?The current SRA Standards and Regulations (STaR) are...
SRA Code of Conduct for individuals and firmsThis Practice Note provides guidance on the SRA Codes of Conduct, contained in the SRA Standards and...
Acting for yourself, friends and familyThis Practice Note covers considerations where a law firm wishes to act for one of its own partners or...
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit
Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?A limited company having a share capital may not alter that share capital, except in the ways listed in section 617 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Shares in a company cannot simply be cancelled without following an
Glossary—Latin legal termsDespite attempts in recent years to simplify the language used in legal cases, there are still a number of Latin phrases commonly used in personal injury claims. The following Latin phrases are listed in alphabetical order:Latin
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