One of the four priority areas we highlighted in ‘A New Agenda for Justice’ last year relates to widening access to legal qualifications and proposals include extending the SUSI grant, a student visa ...

The Law Society Is pleased to announce the launch of its free regulation helpline: Regulation Answers. The Law Society has listened to the demands of the profession for increased support and guidance ...

Law Society Psychological Services has launched a toolkit to embed psychological safety in legal teams. The recent lunchtime ...

Employing a “Zero Trust” mentality is essential in protecting client accounts. All requests must be questioned and verified. Regular training, advanced security protocols, and vigilance can go a long ...

The link in the email does not direct the user to the Law Society website, but a separate phishing site. If you received this ...

The Law Society has been notified of an unsuccessful attempted cyberattack, using a sophisticated approach and mirroring a bank's valid fraud number. The attack followed the same approach as previous ...

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This course is suitable for solicitors, barristers, and trainees with an interest in in-house practice, and those employed in an in-house position in the public or private sector who wish to develop ...

The Advisory Committee on the grant of Patents of Precedence makes recommendations to the Government to grant a patent to a legal practitioner, allowing them to use the designation 'Senior Counsel'.

The Conveyancing Committee has published new Requisition 45 to coincide with the commencement of the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) which was introduced in the Finance Act 2021. The first liability ...

The Technology Committee first published a list of assistive technology in legal practice back in September 2021, and this list has now been updated to take account of some recent advancements in ...

The most notable change to the Land Registry process was to reject applications outright without providing a reason. It was previously the case that all the issues perceived in relation to an ...