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Fiona Woolf
Former president of the Law Society of England and WalesThe end of an era
20/07/2007
When I became Law Society president this time last year, I made it my task to take the lead in communicating with the profession on our progress in transforming the representative side of the Law Society and I made a...Hoping for a HIP replacement - but money laundering uncertainty continues
14/06/2007
No quicker than we’d finished saying ‘HIP-HIP hooray’ to the delayed introduction of the Home Information Pack, we had some more good news on another change of heart by the Government, this time on the money laundering regulations.A few months...Decoding the new conduct rules
8/05/2007
The use of internet and electronic communications have become an integral part of the modern law firm - not only to win clients and gain competitive advantage but in recruitment, with firms reaching out to the brightest and best through...Lawyers need love too
18/04/2007
We’re moving into the next phase of the Great Quality of Life Debate now that the results of the survey across law, accountancy and investment banking are back. The findings make very interesting reading and underline the fact that money,...Government must clean up money laundering rules
27/03/2007
It’s difficult for me not to shudder a little on hearing a mention of the Government’s dreaded draft money laundering regulations. They could not only impose significant extra costs on solicitors for compliance but also reduce the competitiveness of UK...A whole world of opportunity
13/03/2007
International work is quite a big part of being President of the Law Society. However, it’s mostly not about the glamour and more about hard work – albeit work that is immensely rewarding and, so it seems, delivering real results.I...Join the Law Society's great debate
14/02/2007
I am currently in the midst of another round of letter-writing to managing partners. Not Valentine’s Day cards, unfortunately – I’m inviting firms to get involved in the Great 'Quality of Life' Debate.Staff retention and job satisfaction seem to be the...False economies of scale
25/01/2007
I’ve just returned from a marathon session – three 20-hour days – of market-opening in India! And I’m pleased to say we did make progress.It’s been fairly widely reported elsewhere and it goes to show how important it is to get...Revolution at a gentlemanly pace
15/01/2007
Sitting at my desk, as the first Law Society President blogger, news reaches of me of another bold step into the future – that the Lord Chief Justice is to de-wig judges hearing civil cases in the High Court and...
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