President’s message to members May 2020 Dear Colleague Firstly, on behalf of Liverpool Law Society, our thoughts are with you, your families, your colleagues and firms at this very difficult and unprecedented…
New Grant of Representation Application Forms for Professionals -HMCTS Update Further to my letter of 19th March advising of the launch of new standard application forms for professional-practitioners, we have received some valuable feedback in respect of the…
New Police Disclosure Guidance session for family practitioners – 22 May HHJ de Haas and HHJ Parker have decided that this session will take place via Zoom with a view to the new order being used from 1st June…
SBA £1,000,000 Personal Hardship Fund for solicitors affected by Covid-19 opens The Solicitors’ Charity (SBA) has announced its £1,000,000 Personal Hardship Fund is open for applications. The Fund is designed to support solicitors who find themselves in serious financial…
WILLS – Call for Examples (urgent deadline included) The Law Society want to try and gather information about any members who are struggling to get original wills to the Probate Registry, please let me know if…
Land Registry relaxes ID rules for Covid crisis Article by Michael Cross|1 May 2020| Law Society Gazette HM Land Registry has taken a tentative step towards accepting electronic signatures on deeds and relaxed some identity verification…
Covid- 19 testing for Solicitors Solicitors helping to keep the justice system running will be able to get tested for Covid-19, The Law Society has said. The government had already prioritised courts and…
Note on police disclosure interim guidance NOTE POLICE DISCLOSURE INTERIM GUIDANCE Merseyside/Cheshire Police have had considerable difficulties in complying with requests for disclosure in that the same have become disproportionate and orders continuously are…
The Law Society joins jury trials working party The Law Society joins jury trials working party (23 April 2020) The Law Society, alongside the Bar Council and Criminal Bar Association, has joined a working party set…
HMCTS Probate update Re: Interim operational arrangements due to COVID-19 restrictions (15th April 2020) We write to inform you of the interim operational arrangements we will be making in light of…
