A joint statement was issued on 6 October by the Legal Services Board, the SRA and the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) to mark the first day that alternative business structures (ABS) and other new forms of legal service business are allowed to operate.

The Alternative Business Structure model has facilitated two more firsts for the profession with the granting of ABS licences by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to long-standing advocates of the new ownership approach, Knights Solicitors and Quindell Portfolio.

The world of alternative business structures continues to buzz with new licences granted and discussion on regulation

The Law Society has voted in favour of putting forward to the Legal Services Board the SRA’s application to become a designated Alternative Business Structures licensing authority.

New alternative business structure entrants to the legal profession are winning a lot of business through major affinity and partnership deals with non-legal companies, a report has revealed.

The University of Law has announced the appointment of Professor Becky Huxley-Binns as its new vice provost.

Hundreds of academics from around the world are due to attend The University of Law’s ninth Annual Learning and Teaching Conference and its first International Symposium 2022.