Solicitors could pay lower practising fees for the year 2016/2017. The individual fee has dropped from £320 to £290 while the total amount to be collected from firms has also fallen, in the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) draft fee determinations. The draft fees have now been sent to the Legal Services Board for approval. Paul Philip, SRA chief executive, said: “Compensation Fund contributions have also been set, and remain at £32 for individuals and £548 for firms.”
28 July 2016
Practising fees down
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly
Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team
Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees
Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees
Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron
Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes
NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
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