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SRA consultation – Looking to the future: phase two of our Handbook reforms
Following the SRA’s ‘Looking to the future‘ consultation in summer 2016, they are now consulting on further changes to their Handbook and their proposed revised…ICLR 2017 Panel: A New Look at Regulators’ Roles and Responsibilities
This session will break conference participants into small discussion groups in which they will consider various issues relating to the evolving roles and responsibilities of…Profile of a regulator: Victoria Rees
Victoria Rees – Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society Role: Director of Professional Responsibility Background: Employed in various management positions with the NSBS for 29 years Tell us…BA2020 consultation: The Netherlands Bar
The Netherlands Bar (Nederlandse orde van advocaten, NOvA) is consulting on the future of professional education and training for lawyers. Currently, in order to qualify…Reform in Legal Education and Training in Hong Kong
In the article which follows, Heidi Chu, Secretary General of The Law Society of Hong Kong kindly provides us with an overview of the ‘state of…ICLR 2017 – Panel: Effective New Regulatory Responses to Complaints
A synopsis of panel session 5, which takes place on 6 October at ICLR Singapore, kindly provided by the session’s moderator, Susan Saab Fortney – Professor…The new route to qualification as a solicitor: the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE)
In April 2017, the SRA announced that it would be introducing a new national licensing exam for those wishing to be admitted as solicitors of…Focus on…cyber attacks
Cybercrime is now considered one of the leading risks to the global economy. Data is the world’s new natural resource. It is the new basis…A review of the SRA’s ‘Trust and the Market’ Conference
On 22 June, the SRA hosted “Trust and the market: Building confidence”. The conference attracted more than 142 participants, reaching beyond the legal profession to…Focus on… ABS investment activity
A major aim of the introduction of alternative business structures (ABS) in England and Wales was to allow new forms of capital into regulated law…ICLR 2017 – Panel: “Protecting the Vulnerable”
A synopsis of panel session 7, which takes place on 6 October at ICLR Singapore, kindly provided by the session’s moderator, Lim Tanguy – Chief Executive…ICLR 2017 – Panel: “Disruption in the Legal Profession: Automated/Semi-Automated Online Delivery of Legal Services”
A synopsis of panel session 6, which takes place on 6 October at ICLR Singapore, kindly provided by the session’s moderator, Robert Hawley. Conference materials…