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It will be easier for barristers to set up legal businesses after the Bar Standards Board agreed to make the criteria for approving new entities more flexible.
Earlier this summer, the BSB agreed to recommendations that several compulsory rules now be made discretionary, so as to make the authorisation regime more agile. The rules would have obliged entities to:
These criteria will still be included in a policy statement, to be published with the new Handbook – due to go live in January 2014.
The BSB will apply to the LSB to be a Licensing Authority once the ‘non-ABS’ entity regulation regime (as described above) has been approved. Barristers can already set up ABSs, but they currently need to be regulated by another approved regulator such as the SRA.
For further information, please see: http://bit.ly/14sk8ve
Earlier this summer, the BSB agreed to recommendations that several compulsory rules now be made discretionary, so as to make the authorisation regime more agile. The rules would have obliged entities to:
These criteria will still be included in a policy statement, to be published with the new Handbook – due to go live in January 2014.
The BSB will apply to the LSB to be a Licensing Authority once the ‘non-ABS’ entity regulation regime (as described above) has been approved. Barristers can already set up ABSs, but they currently need to be regulated by another approved regulator such as the SRA.
For further information, please see: http://bit.ly/14sk8ve
It will be easier for barristers to set up legal businesses after the Bar Standards Board agreed to make the criteria for approving new entities more flexible.
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Kate West discusses how best to interpret a drug test report, and the common misconceptions about what can be learnt from a drug test
Ashley Hodgkinson looks at drug testing methods and some of the most common ways people try to cheat a drug test
Clerksroom Chambers has recruited Matthew Wildish from 3 Paper Buildings (3PB) to a newly created position of Director of Clerking. Matthew joined the team at Clerksroom on 1 June
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Opportunity for female sopranos/contraltos in secondary education, or who have recently finished secondary education but have not yet begun tertiary education. Eligibility includes children of members of the Bar
Clerksroom Chambers has recruited Matthew Wildish from 3 Paper Buildings (3PB) to a newly created position of Director of Clerking. Matthew joined the team at Clerksroom on 1 June
Ashley Hodgkinson looks at drug testing methods and some of the most common ways people try to cheat a drug test
Kate West discusses how best to interpret a drug test report, and the common misconceptions about what can be learnt from a drug test
