Most solicitors maintaining continuing competence but work still to be done, SRA finds
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s annual assessment of continuing competence has found most solicitors keep knowledge and skills up-to-date, with evidence of robust systems and controls in firms to ensure solicitors remain competent and deliver good quality legal services. The assessment was based on 123 training records from solicitors in criminal law and employment law across […]
Profile: Hannah Livesey, family partner at Knights
Hannah Livesey is a partner specialising in family law at Knights. She has over 12 years’ specialist experience in high net worth financial remedy claims, asset protection work and TOLATA claims together with Schedule 1 applications, having spent her career at a top 100 law firm in Bristol. What was your career path to […]
Support Ruby’s Law to protect pets and domestic abuse victims, MPs urged
A campaign group formed by a family law barrister to provide better support for victims of abuse and protect pets impacted by the cycle of violence is urging MPs to show support for a new bill. Ruby’s Law, created by family barrister Christina Warner, has its second reading in Parliament in October. Before the reading, […]