The Council of the Law Society (CLSS) has now withdrawn, for second (third?) time and only for the time being, its previous proposal to rescind and replace the existing constitution of the Law Society. What we have now is a proposal to reduce the size of Council from 62 members to 46 members.
SLAS Council travelled on Thursday 26th April 2012 to Aberdeen for its monthly meeting and found that City sparkling typically in the sunshine with just the occasional, refreshing rainfall. The meeting was hosted at Golden Square by Messrs Wilson & Duffus, to whom much thanks for the...
The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission has written to solicitors’ firms requesting disclosure of information regarding complaints made against firms by clients and, presumably, other interested parties.
A SLAS Council members writes :It seems that the Council of the Law Society has neatly defined the crux of its inherent conflicts on its webpage at the ‘About Us’ section where its aim is stated as: “Our aim is to lead and support a successful and respected Scottish legal profession.”
SLAS COUNCIL MOVES TO ABERDEEN
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in England and Wales has approved the first three ABS status law practices. The first two are fairly innocuous.
STOP PRESS
PROXIES STILL REQUIRED
MEMBERS WILL HAVE NOTICED THAT, SINCE OUR CURRENT GAZETTE WENT TO PRESS, THE LAW SOCIETY COUNCIL’S PROPOSAL TO RESCIND THE CONSTITUTION HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
HOWEVER, THE REQUIREMENT FOR SLAS PROXIES REMAINS...
Consolidated Responses from LSS members to SLAS email on CML Compliance
Prepared and presented by Graham Gibson, Solicitor , Perth, and SLAS Council member.
The Council of the Law Society (CLSS) has again proposed to rescind the constitution of the Society and replace it with a new constitution. The SLAS position remains opposed to rescission and seeks instead to amend the existing constitution. We attach below the text of the new constitution and...
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