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By further Royal Charter in 1903 the name of the Society was changed to simply "The Law Society". The Society first admitted women members in 1922. [2] In 1949, the Law Society was given the responsibility of legal aid by the Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949. [3] The function was passed to the Legal Aid Board by Legal Aid Act 1988.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is the regulatory body for solicitors in England and Wales.. It is responsible for regulating the professional conduct of more than 125,000 solicitors and other authorised individuals at more than 11,000 firms, as well as those working in-house at private and public sector organisations.
The Law Society of Ireland was established on 24 June 1830 with premises at Inns Quay, Dublin. In November 1830, the committee of the Society submitted a memorial to the benchers as to the ‘necessity and propriety’ of erecting chambers for the use of solicitors with the funds that solicitors had been levied to pay to King's Inns over the years. [8]
A law society is an association of lawyers with a regulatory role that includes the right to supervise the training, qualifications, and conduct of lawyers. Where there is a distinction between barristers and solicitors , solicitors are regulated by the law societies and barristers by a separate bar council .
The objects and duties of the Society are: (1) to uphold and protect the public interest in the administration of justice; (2) to preserve and protect the rights and freedoms of all persons; (3) to ensure independence, integrity and honor of its members; (4) to establish standards of education, professional responsibility and competence of its members and applicants to membership; (5) to ...
The Law Society of Hong Kong is responsible for the classification and qualification of lawyers in Hong Kong. According to Hong Kong law, all Hong Kong solicitors must be members of this association. The Law Society is currently headed by President Roden Tong (湯文龍) and is located on the third floor of Wing On House in Central. [1]
The Law Society Gazette (also known as the Gazette or the Law Gazette) is a British weekly legal magazine for solicitors in England and Wales published by the Law Society of England and Wales. While it is available to buy and on subscription, it is provided to all solicitors with a current England and Wales practising certificate (as well as ...
She gained a law degree from London Guildhall University in 1999, and subsequently passed the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law, Guildford. [1] She was admitted as a solicitor in 2002. She is the director of Stephanie Boyce Consulting Limited (10866503 - incorporated on 14 July 2017), a micro-entity company advising on not-for-profit ...