'I want to give my son a house deposit'
Gary Rycroft, a member of our council membership committee, responds to a legal query in the Telegraph. The writer wishes to help their son with their housing deposit but fears their daughter-in-law would get half of the money if the marriage ends.
SRA's fining powers should not be hiked to £25k
Today's Wills and Probate, Today's Conveyancer, and Today's Family Lawyer report our response to the Solicitors Regulation Authority's consultation on hiking its fining powers from £2,000 to £25,000.
Law Society president I. Stephanie Boyce said: "We suggest a more appropriate rise – based on statistical data from the SDT [Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal] – would be somewhere between £5,000 to £7,500, based on analysis of previous fines imposed over the last three years."
Should lawyers go on strike?
Jonathan Goldsmith, a member of Law Society Council, discusses in the Gazette whether lawyers can strike and what effects this could have.
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