New TA6 form
The Negotiator reports that the Property Lawyers Action Group has warned the Law Society that it should indefinitely postpone the implementation of the fifth edition of the TA6 Property Information Form that supports National Trading Standards material information guidance or risk revolt from its members. Also in Property Industry Eye.
Inside Conveyancing also covers concerns raised about the new TA6 property form. A Law Society spokesperson is quoted.
In Today’s Conveyancer, the Law Society is mentioned as one of the industry bodies that are communicating the big challenges and the areas that we should be focused on such as the recent update to the TA6 form.
New president of the London Solicitors Litigation Association
The Global Legal Post covers Nikki Edwards being appointed the next president of the London Solicitors Litigation Association and mentions research published by the Law Society on court delays as a priority area for the new president. Nick Emmerson, president of the Law Society, is also quoted.
Future of AI
Legal IT Insider reports that the British Legal Technology Forum has announced its full line up of speakers, which includes award winning documentary maker Louis Theroux as keynote speaker and Professor Richard Susskind as conference chair.
A regulatory panel will then look to the future of AI and the regulatory responsibilities surrounding that, with input from Ian Jeffrey, CEO of The Law Society of England and Wales
Funding of professional bodies
Legal Futures interviewed the chief executive of the Legal Services Board, Matthew Hill who questioned why ‘trade associations’ like the Law Society and Bar Council receive a “statutory funding stream” from regulatory fees paid by lawyers.
He said there is an awkward regime created by the Legal Services Act, where the approved regulators named in the legislation are bodies like the Law Society and Bar Council, which delegate their regulatory responsibilities to regulatory subsidiaries.
He added: “I’ve never encountered another in which professionals have to pay for their trade association. There are plenty where to be regulated, you pay a fee to the regulator, but none where to be belong to a trade association, you pay a mandatory fee.”
Deprivation of liberty guidance
Care Home Management reports that new guidance on deprivation of liberty has been published by the Law Society. ‘Identifying a deprivation of liberty: a practical guide is designed to assist health and social care practitioners to identify a deprivation of liberty.
Also worth a read:
- The poor pay the highest price for soft-touch justice – Telegraph (£)
- Artificial intelligence will draft complex legislation within five years and new tools will make breaking the law harder - Time
- Sir Geoffrey Vos’ vision of a judicial system transformed by artificial intelligence - Gazette
- The Information Commissioner’s Office has underscored the importance of protecting children’s privacy online – Solicitors Journal
- “Students feel like their mouths are zipped”: SRA under fire for SQE secrecy policy – The Lawyer
- A new self-help divorce and separation tool - Legal Futures
- Big firms buy small as listed legal practices swap advisory business – Legal Futures
- New sentencing guidelines - Gazette
- The Employment Lawyers Association criticises the proposed re-introduction of Employment Tribunal fees - Solicitors Journal