SRA licences first three ABS Solicitors
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) today announced that it has licensed its first three alternative business structures (ABS) Whilst many won’t be surprised that Co-operative Legal Services are one of the first the other two are much smaller firms John Welch and Stammers, and Lawbridge Solicitors Ltd. An ABS is a business providing regulated reserved […]
The Planning Pendulum
The 2012 budget demonstrates the determination of the coalition government to build our way out of recession. Long forgotten are the Conservative manifesto statements to frustrate garden grabbing and concreting over the countryside. What is not up for debate is the UK will need to start accepting that development, no matter how controversial, is coming. […]