Example sentences of "[prep] solicitor ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All complaints about solicitors ' charges will in future be conciliated if possible , under proposals to be considered by The Law Society Council at its meeting on 15 July . |
| 2 | These recommendations are some of the conclusions of a wide-ranging review of the ways in which dissatisfaction about solicitors ' charges is handled . |
| 3 | They show how the market for solicitors ' work has altered with the development of criminal legal aid and the threat to established sources of income from divorce , conveyancing and personal injury claims . |
| 4 | Despite the recession , the market for solicitors ' advice on business affairs has grown in value from £1,400m. in 1989 to an estimated £1,700m. [ excluding property work ] . |
| 5 | Curiously , it is still rather unusual for solicitors ' partnership agreements to provide that partners should retire upon reaching an agreed age , though it might be thought that there are good reasons for making this a requirement in the interests of a firm 's long term planning . |
| 6 | The words come from one of the in-depth interviews carried out by George Street Research , as part of our extensive survey of 418 businesses corresponding to the overall profile of Scotland 's industrial and commercial community , and are considered representative of its attitudes to and uses of solicitors ' services . |
| 7 | Registered foreign lawyers are not permitted to carry out activities reserved to solicitors , but MNPs may employ assistant solicitors to perform the full range of solicitors ' services for clients of the practice . |
| 8 | According to a recent Law Society survey , some 22 per cent of solicitors ' firms in England and Wales are considering merging with another practice : that percentage rises to 47 in the City of London . |
| 9 | Many of the more intractable problems involved with merger of solicitors ' firms will be within the province of the accountancy profession : and the best advice as to how to reconcile the apparently irreconcilable will be obtained not through the pages of any book but from a fellow professional who has actually and successfully observed the process at first hand . |
| 10 | The society will consider carrying out a survey of solicitors ' charges for conveyancing to compare them with those of competitors here and with professions in other countries . |
| 11 | There is a somewhat abstract quality about this body which currently operates out of solicitors ' premises somewhere in Berkshire . |
| 12 | Contrary to what our readers may believe the above is not a description of Europe after the arrival of solicitors ' rights of audience . |
| 13 | The Institute has called for more stringent vetting of solicitors ' accounting arrangements , and has particularly questioned whether the existing system of annual checks is adequate . |
| 14 | In the case of a demand for payment of solicitors ' costs , one of the circumstances will be the date when the bill was served and the client 's attitude towards taxation of the bill . |
| 15 | The Committee has expressed concern that these reforms , particularly those concerning conveyancing and the Bar , may lead to a breakdown in the network of solicitors ' offices , especially in rural areas , and a diminution in the quality of service to legally aided clients . |
| 16 | Many of those were for breaking into solicitors ' offices . |
| 17 | It was quite clear in 1973 that the new advice scheme was intended to bring into solicitors ' offices problems of a kind which had not hitherto surfaced . |
| 18 | Many would-be claimants are so afraid of going into solicitors ' offices that they try the local Citizens ' Advice Bureau ( CAB ) first . |
| 19 | This compares with a bill of around £600 in this country , including solicitors ' costs and mortgage evaluation fee , but not including Stamp Duty ( at least until August ) . |
| 20 | Execution of the partnership agreement as a deed is only required when , and this will rarely be the case with solicitors ' firms , it seeks to transfer land or an interest in land : otherwise an agreement under hand will be sufficient . |
| 21 | Professional fees may be shared and partnerships entered into with the same categories of persons as under Solicitors ' Practice Rule 7 ( see above ) and also with a lawyer qualified in another jurisdiction . |
| 22 | Consequently , many added as a rider to their initial response the comment that the reporting accountant should be registered and/or licensed by the Law Society and required to undertake training in solicitors ' accounts . |
| 23 | The Law Society has today published the findings of a research survey into practice management in solicitors ' firms . |
| 24 | The Law Society has issued guidance notes for equal opportunities in solicitors ' firms which reproduce a standard policy for their use which has been drawn up on the basis of recommendations of the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Commission for Racial Equality . |
| 25 | ( c ) Goodwill Before the Finance Act 1956 and the introduction of tax relief for contributions to retirement annuity contracts for the self-employed , outgoing partners in solicitors ' firms invariably relied upon being paid out for their interest in the firm 's goodwill as the principal means of providing for themselves and their families during their retirement and after their death . |
| 26 | The Law Society also issued a set of written professional standards concerning communications with clients , with the broad aim ( now enshrined in Solicitors ' Practice Rule 15 ) of ensuring that clients are kept regularly and fully informed in layman 's terms as to the course and conduct of their affairs ; as to the identity of the solicitor or other person in the firm having day to day conduct of the matter ; as to the nature of the legal issues raised in the case ; as to the progress being made ; as to the cost ( including the availability of legal aid ) ; and as to the prospects of success . |
| 27 | It is estimated that over half the legal executives working in solicitors ' practices hold no formal qualification in law at all . |
| 28 | Rules , in substance the same as those relating to solicitors ' accounts , and those concerning the permitted name of the firm and the need for proper supervision of offices , apply equally to overseas as to domestic practices , subject generally to the caveat that nothing in the Law Society 's Rules will override particular duties imposed on practitioners by the local law . |
| 29 | The majority of these items related to solicitors ' charges , other professional advisers ' charges or receivers ' remuneration . |
| 30 | This exemption , it might be noted , will require amendment in the event that multi-disciplinary partnerships are to be permitted ( see below ) as in its present form it only applies to solicitors ' partnerships where all the partners are qualified solicitors . |