SRA's centralised exam "nothing new" say educators
The Solicitor’s Regulation Authority’s (SRA’s) proposed new centralised qualifying exam for solicitors has been criticised as “nothing new” by teaching professionals. At a recent Westminster Legal Policy Forum conference, Rebecca Huxley-Binns of the Association of Law Teachers added that qualifying solicitors would still need workplace training, vocational training, and a law conversion course for those […]
"All major barriers" to home ownership falling
All of the obstacles to buying a house, such as raising a deposit or a lack of job security have fallen according to research by the Building Societies Association (BSA). Raising a deposit is still cited as a major problem by 52% of the 2,000 respondents, but this has dropped from 59% as surveyed in […]
"Community Led Projects" key to tackling NIMBYism in housebuilding
Opening up planning further to local communities could help tackle “Not In My Back Yard” or NIMBY-ism, an often cited obstacle to housebuilding according to a leading think tank. The report by cross-party think tank, Demos, states that communities often become antagonistic to large planning applications because of a “significant lack of trust” in the […]