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148. SRA "encouraging innovation" (October 2008). Anthony Townsend, Chief Executive of the SRA, describes changes in the organisation's code of conduct as "...the first step in encouraging innovation and competition

147. Law Society fined again (June 2008) . Zahida Manzoor, the Legal Services Complaints Commissioner, has once again fined the Law Society; this time £275k

146. Liability: limitation or mitigation (April 2008). Limiting liability is great in that it protects you from a one-off almighty clanger. But, whether or not you ever have to resort to it, limited liability will do nothing for your reputation and little for your client relationships.

145. Six simple rules for business growth (December 2007). The results of an SRA survey published this month show that clients think solicitors are too slow, poor communicators, full of jargon, bad at providing cost estimates, good at alienating their clients and too expensive.

144. Getting in on the Act? (November 2007). The Legal Services Bill received Royal Assent on 30 October and will be available on the Office of Public Sector Information site shortly.

143. New Lexcel standard launch (October 2007). Lexcel v4 will be launched on 23 October

142. New Lexcel application process (October 2007). The process for applying for, and renewing, Lexcel accreditation changes on October 1 2007.

141. Legal Services Bill completes Commons committee stage (July 2007). The Legal Services Bill has completed its committee stage in the House of Commons...

140. Zahida and Deborah - different colour specs? (July 2007). Zahida Manzoor, the Legal Services Complaints Commissioner has again blasted the Law Society. And this is despite their speeding up of complaints handling.