FOCUS OF THE DAY: Solicitor 'dissented' from LSB executive recommendation in favour of scheme. Nick Glockling, legal director of the Legal Services Board and a solicitor, disagreed with a recommendation of the LSB executive that the quality assurance scheme for advocates should be approved because he was concerned about the threat to judicial independence, it has emerged. Full story - Solicitors Journal
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