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Crispin Passmore

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Covers:  Legal market, legal education, legal regulation, UK, US and beyond. Use of NDAs, diversity in legal market, consumer and public experience of legal services.
Doesn't Cover: Beyond legal market issues
legal market geek. consultant to start ups, investors, law firms & global businesses. nothing I say here is my real view, nor anyone else’s probably
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Law firms snub reform at their peril

Law firms snub reform at their peril

Walking around the City of London you can stumble across halls that were once home to powerful guilds. Their …

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A STAR is born

A STAR is born

SRA new Standards and Regulations take effect 25 November. Its a big day. Lots of change means a more flexibl…

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Your ethics and culture in the STARs

Your ethics and culture in the STARs

The SRA's new Standards & Regulations take effect 25 November 2019. There is a renewed focus on ethics and th…

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Ethics and what's expected of you | Legal Services Regulation Blog | Kingsley Napley

Ethics and what's expected of you | Legal Services Regulation Blog | Kingsley Napley

It's not the SRA that protects the public from rogue solicitors and law firms. It is the ethical choices unde…

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Is the US at a tipping point?

Is the US at a tipping point?

Another US State (Illinois) has joined California, Arizona and Utah in proposing reforms for the re-regulatio…

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Law: Everything you need to know about the SQE from the man behind the whole thing; Crispin Passm...

Law: Everything you need to know about the SQE from the man behind the whole thing; Crispin Passm...

The entire process of qualifying as a solicitor is changing in 2021 when the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE)…

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NDAs are not there to spare executive blushes

NDAs are not there to spare executive blushes

Much has changed since the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the watchdog for 140,000 practising lawyers in En…

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Utah turns US reform party into a carnival

Utah turns US reform party into a carnival

A task force appointed by the Utah State Supreme Court, with the support of the State Bar, has made radical p…

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Legal aid: my manifesto

Legal aid: my manifesto

Crispin Passmore offers his manifesto for legal aid. Based on over 25 years in the legal sector including run…

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Legal Aid - more wild guess and unlikely dreams

Legal Aid - more wild guess and unlikely dreams

This article is written by Crispin Passmore, until recently of the Solicitors Regulatory Authority and previo…

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Wild predictions from a scary fool?

Wild predictions from a scary fool?

A quick review of the changing legal market and how new business models are hiding in plain site from traditi…

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Gagging order rules 'relaxed after pressure from law firms'

Gagging order rules 'relaxed after pressure from law firms'

City solicitors' firms pressured the Law Society into relaxing guidance on the use of gagging orders in sexua…

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What's the point of the Law Society? - Legal Futures

What's the point of the Law Society? - Legal Futures

The Law Society receives around £30m each year from the practising certificate and turnover fees paid by each…

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SQE: Your planning should start now - Legal Futures

SQE: Your planning should start now - Legal Futures

Perhaps the inevitable consequence of seeking support for radical and sometimes unpopular change such as the …

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Change happens in two ways - gradually and then suddenly - Legal Futures

Change happens in two ways - gradually and then suddenly - Legal Futures

Despite many years of predictions that we are at a point of inflection, the world looks the same for very man…

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Special Focus PII - SRA reforms strike right balance

Special Focus PII - SRA reforms strike right balance

Crispin Passmore sets out case for reform of professional indemnity insurance obligations for lawyers

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Regulatory reform: Helping the profession deliver - Legal Futures

Regulatory reform: Helping the profession deliver - Legal Futures

Four years ago, the SRA Handbook was 648 pages long. It contained all sorts of processes, restrictions and ob…

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Making the case for the SRA's use of waivers - Legal Futures

Making the case for the SRA's use of waivers - Legal Futures

Crispin Passmore, director of policy at the Solicitors Regulation Authority, writes: We are now nearing the e…

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The Solicitors Regulation Authority: looking to the future

The Solicitors Regulation Authority: looking to the future

The legal market is changing. Whether individual consumer or corporate client, the choice of services availab…

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The case for diversity: legal profession's white, male legacy persists

The case for diversity: legal profession's white, male legacy persists

This week saw the release of the Equality and Human Rights Commission report entitled How Fair is Britain. To…

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