The Solicitor's Handbook 2009 by Andrew Hopper QC and Gregory Treverton-Jones QC
MAINTAINING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS WITH ALL THE NECESSARY FORMAL DETAILS An appreciation by Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers Theres no more authoritative guide to the rules and regulations governing solicitors in England and Wales than the second edition of the Solicitors Handbook for 2009 published by their governing body, The Law Society, now in 19 chapters and 25 appendices. If you are a solicitor, The Solicitors Handbook 2009 should certainly now be a permanent fixture on your shelf or desk, placed conveniently at your right hand especially in view of the volume of regulation now faced by solicitors. For last years edition we described it as a handy statement of the current rules without going online. We remain in an age of handbooks as the legal profession continues to be regulation mad. However, this particular edition is much needed because it draws together all of the most important rules and regulations that affect solicitors in one volume. The 19 chapters (one extra from last year) are conveniently split into four areas: the overview; the rules; fraud and money laundering; and the regulatory and disciplinary system in practice. The heavy formal detail is found in the, now 25, appendices, although its fair to say that the book needs to be used a bit first in order to familiarize yourself where things are. The authors, a solicitor advocate and barrister respectively, are both QCs and specialists in the field of professional ...
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