The Solicitors Regulation Authority has launched a consultation on regulating the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) members. The consultation comes after CILEX proposed re-delegating the regulation of its members from its current regulator, CILEX Regulation, to the SRA last year. The SRA has identified some benefits for consumers that would arise from regulating CILEX…
Law Society of Ontario notifies profession on amendments to the Mandatory Disclosure Rules
The Law Society of Ontario has notified members about amendments to the mandatory disclosure rules in the Income Tax Act (ITA) by the federal government in the Budget Implementation Act 2023. The changes expand the existing reportable transactions regime significantly, including broadening the definition of reportable “avoidance transactions” and reducing the number of hallmarks required…
New Zealand Law Society has released the independent review panels report
The Law Society of New Zealand Aotearoa has published the report of the independent panel review. The conclusion of the report suggests that while the current model the Law Society employs for regulating and representing lawyers’ functions well in some areas, it falls short in many others. Chief among these shortcomings in the inability of…
The consultation period for the New Zealand Law Society’s review of the statutory framework for legal services is now open
The New Zealand Law Society | Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa welcomes the release of the Independent Review Panel’s Discussion Document. The Independent Review of the statutory framework for legal services in Aotearoa New Zealand was commissioned in 2021 by the Law Society Board to examine the regulation and representation of legal services in Aotearoa…
The legal Aid Board in the Netherlands is to begin a subsidy scheme experiment for divorce cases
The legal Aid Board in the Netherlands will begin a subsidy scheme experiment for complex divorce cases. The scheme will begin in February 2022 with the aim of uncovering how best to assist litigants in complex divorce cases, with a view to providing high quality legal aid assistance after an appropriate fee has been agreed….