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University of Toronto Press The Law Society of Upper Canada and Ontario's Lawyers, 1797-1997
At the end of the eighteenth century, when ten lawyers gathered in what is now Niagara-on-the-Lake to form the Law Society of Upper Canada, they were creating something new in the world: a professional organization with statutory authority to control its membership and govern its own affairs. Today's Law Society of Upper Canada, with more than 25,000 members, still wields these powers. Marking the bicentennial of the society's foundation, Christopher Moore's history begins by exploring the unprecedented step taken in 1797 and follows the evolution of lawyers' work and the idea of professional autonomy through two hundred years of growth and change. The Law Society of Upper Canada and Ontario's Lawyers is a broad-ranging story of the growth and development of the Law Society and the legal profession, from the days when horseback barristers travelled the backwoods by horseback, through the reforms of the late nineteenth century to the period of reaction between the two world wars and the long struggle of women and minorities for access to and equity in the legal profession. Writing in a style that is scholarly as well as entertaining, Moore traces to the present a story rich in personalities, and shows how, after a period of tremendous growth and change, questions of governance, legal aid, and practice insurance triggered a series of crises that rocked the society to its foundations. This is the first study to be based on full access to the society's two hundred years of historical records. Moore, who has organized his research into themes and periods to illuminate the story, also includes new material on the lives and careers of Ontario lawyers and on the place of the Law Society in professional and public life. Readable and extensively illustrated, The Law Society of Upper Canada and Ontario's Lawyers shows that such issues as professional autonomy and the internal organization, at the forefront of debate at the society's inception, continue to dominiate discussions today.
£49.49
The Law Society Law Society Conveyancing Protocol: 2019
This fully revised and updated version of the Law Society Conveyancing Protocol represents the Law Society's preferred practice for conveyancing transactions of freehold and leasehold residential property. The detailed steps of the Protocol and the new general obligations have been carefully drafted to assist solicitors to: - communicate with the parties involved in the transaction - meet the legal and regulatory requirements - agree timescales and reduce delays - adapt a safer, efficient and transparent process - adopt a common approach - maintain high standards of conveyancing. T his book contains the text of the Protocol and all the forms, guidance and formulae required by solicitors who adopt the Protocol. It also contains relevant new and updated Law Society Practice Notes and SRA Warning Notices. Compliance with the Protocol is mandatory for any firm accredited under the Conveyancing Quality Scheme.
£39.95
The Law Society Assessment of Mental Capacity: A Practical Guide for Doctors and Lawyers
Written by experts from a variety of disciplines, this new edition of Assessment of Mental Capacity combines clarity as to the law with a practical, jargon-free approach to provide guidelines on issues ranging from medical treatment to making a will, sexual decision-making and capacity in the context of the Mental Health Act 1983.
£60.00
The Law Society AntiMoney Laundering Toolkit
This new edition of the Anti-Money Laundering Toolkit will provide you with practical know-how about combatting money laundering and contains checklists, forms, policies and other templates to help you demonstrate compliance.
£75.00
The Law Society Conveyancing Handbook
The Conveyancing Handbook has been a trusted first port of call for thousands of practitioners for over 30 years. This year's edition will be extensively updated to include the latest guidance on good practice in residential conveyancing and is a crucial resource for answering queries arising from day-to-day property transactions.
£130.00
The Law Society Building Safety Act 2022 in Practice
Building Safety Act 2022 and ancillary regulations are causing problems and confusion for conveyancers and other property professionals. This book provides an overview of the Act and focuses on key issues for property lawyers, including those advising house purchasers, leaseholders and managing agents, landlords and tenants or property developers.
£125.00
The Law Society Inhouse Lawyers Risk and Compliance Questions and Answers
Through a series of questions and answers, this book will assist solicitors employed by non-solicitor employers to understand and manage their regulatory and ethical duties. It provides expert advice on some of the most common issues that are likely to arise for the in-house lawyer.
£70.00
The Law Society Property Development
Property Development explains all the issues arising from property development work and will guide lawyers, developers and landowners through the many pitfalls commonly encountered in practice. This new fourth edition has been comprehensively updated to include: *references to new legislation, planning guidance and statutory instruments, including the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023, the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022, the revised National Planning Policy Framework published in 2021 and the Community Infrastructure (Amendment) Regulations 2019 *references to new cases, including cases concerning easements benefitting the owners of timeshare apartments, interference with a right of way, breach of restrictive covenants and the use of a right of way to gain access to land not forming part of the dominant tenement *important changes to the Electronic Communications Code *important changes to the Community Infrastructure Levy regime *commentary on the proposed new Infrastructure Levy. The chapters on investigating title, planning and obtaining vacant possession have also been substantially revised and expanded. This practical guide features updated checklists, example model clauses, contracts and precedent deeds and transfers.
£140.00
The Law Society Risk and Compliance Questions and Answers: Rebecca Atkinson and Tracey Calvert
Through a series of over 200 questions and answers, covering common to complex issues, this book provides practical guidance on points that those tasked with risk and compliance in their firm or business need to consider and respond to quickly. It also provides invaluable assistance to all managers and fee earners working in the firm.
£65.00
The Law Society Inheritance Act Claims: A Practical Guide
Inheritance Act Claims is a highly practical book which provides guidance on how to conduct claims, the court’s approach, assessing quantum, the tax implications of orders and compromises, and the issues arising for will drafting.
£95.00
The Law Society Special Guardianship and Adoption Handbook
Special Guardianship and Adoption Handbook is a comprehensive, accessible guide to special guardianship and adoption law for all children and family law practitioners. It provides essential advice at all stages of representing clients: at the office, drafting, negotiating and conducting court hearings. This new book provides: * a comprehensive overview of special guardianship and adoption orders, and how they fit together; * practical, step-by-step guidance on drafting and procedure; * updates on key developments and changes to the processes, procedure, and outcomes in the law; * workflow diagrams and flowcharts explaining special guardianship and adoption law procedure; * details of important regulations and the most recent and significant court decisions. This book is essential reading for anyone who needs to understand the complexities of these two orders and how they tie in within private and public law proceedings.
£90.00
The Law Society Retained EU Law: A Practical Guide
This book is a practical guide to what retained EU law is and how it functions, illustrated with case studies and examples.
£65.00
The Law Society The Solicitor's Handbook 2022
This book is a comprehensive and user-friendly guide to the regulations governing the conduct of solicitors. The 2022 edition has been updated to take account of all the key regulatory developments which have taken place since the publication of the 2019 edition.
£100.00
The Law Society Conveyancing Checklists
This new edition of Conveyancing Checklists provides a comprehensive range of checklists and standard letters that follow the order of a transaction.
£70.00
The Law Society Forfeiture of Leases
Forfeiture of Leases is a new book offering comprehensive and authoritative guidance on the subject covering both residential and commercial issues.
£110.00
The Law Society Housing Law Handbook: A Practical Guide
This new second edition of the Housing Law Handbook is a first port of call for lawyers and advisers dealing with housing as well as for professionals in the social housing sector, providing information in a concise and manageable form to support busy litigators and caseworkers.
£95.00
The Law Society COLPs Toolkit
The COLPs Toolkit contains the essential checklists, forms, policies and other documentation that a COLP needs to perform their role in a handy single volume.
£60.00
The Law Society Unbundling Family Legal Services Toolkit
This toolkit provides a suite of tools to assist family solicitors in implementing new methods of pricing unbundling work and new ways of working.
£69.95
The Law Society Financial Stability Toolkit
The SRA's latest report on financial stability (February 2014) said its engagement with firms found poor financial management that ranged from "naive to reckless". They have also seen poor practice in the management of client accounts. This toolkit will help firms to address those common financial issues facing many firms. This toolkit will cover the following: What the requirement to maintain financial stability will mean in practice for firms. What are the danger signals and how can action be taken to remedy them? The steps that need to be taken to take control of cash management in order to achieve financial stability. Part of our popular toolkit series, it will contain a mixture of draft policies, procedural checklists and other instruments to assist practitioners in demonstrating sound financial management. The aim is to produce a working resource which practitioners can use to monitor the financial health of the firm. It will form part of a series of toolkits branded with the livery of the Risk and Compliance Service.
£71.95
The Law Society Solicitors and the Accounts Rules
£75.00
The Law Society Clarity for Lawyers: Effective Legal Language
Increase your efficiency, profits and client approval through the use of clear, modern English. This unique book debunks the myth that legalese is precise. Using many before-and-after examples, this book explains how you can increase your efficiency, profits and client approval while making your documents more readable and reliable. This third edition covers online communications and includes updated chapters on the common law rules of interpretation and: * what is good writing * how misunderstandings arise * translating and interpreting * an outline of how software can improve the clarity of your writing * the common law rules of interpretation. With a foreword by Lord Neuberger, this practical book also contains a number of useful precedents written in plain English to help you work better with clients and avoid potentially costly misunderstandings.
£34.95
The Law Society Conveyancing Quality Scheme Toolkit
The Law Society Conveyancing Quality Scheme is the quality standard for residential conveyancing practices. Accreditation under the scheme provides assurance to lenders, insurers, consumers and clients. The Conveyancing Quality Scheme Toolkit helps residential conveyancing practices to understand, implement and maintain the CQS protocol, and to comply with the core practice management standards (CPMS) that must be followed by all practices within the scheme. The fourth edition of the Toolkit has been fully revised and updated and aligns with: the Conveyancing Protocol 2019; the latest CPMS, published in February 2022; the new mandatory procedure to ensure that applications are checked before being sent to HM Land Registry (7.4 CPMS); the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017; the SRA Standards and Regulations 2019 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation. Template policies and documents are also included for customisation. This book is an indispensable addition to any conveyancing firm's library.
£65.00
The Law Society Wills and Inheritance Protocol
The Wills and Inheritance Protocol sets out the Law Society's preferred practice in will drafting, probate and estate administration and supports the provision of consistent and high quality services by legal practices. The Protocol aims to raise standards of client care and service by: improving communication between practices, clients and beneficiaries increasing transparency and therefore understanding of the necessary processes encouraging practices to agree timescales and service levels with clients. Meeting the obligations of the Protocol is the cornerstone of the new Wills and Inheritance Quality Scheme and will also help all legal practices to: demonstrate high standards of practice to clients and others meet legal requirements achieve compliance with outcomes-focused regulation provide a consistent level of service. This book contains the full text of the Protocol version 1.0 and an appendix with relevant statutory extracts and guidance on good practice.
£39.95
The Law Society Postcompletion
This unique book focuses on current risk and compliance issues in post-completion conveyancing. It will help property practitioners to meet their obligations and avoid costly mistakes in this critical area.
£65.00
The Law Society Drafting Confidentiality Agreements
This book gives practical assistance to lawyers and commercial managers who need to draft or negotiate a confidentiality agreement. It includes a summary of the law of confidence as it affects commercial relationships.
£64.95
The Law Society The Solicitors Handbook 2024
The Solicitor's Handbook is a comprehensive and user-friendly guide to the common law and regulations governing the conduct of solicitors. The 2024 edition has been updated to take account of all the key developments which have taken place since the publication of the 2022 edition.
£110.00
The Law Society Social Care Charging
Social Care Charging is a guide to charges for care under the Care Act 2014. The book offers detailed and practical advice to assist anyone who needs to understand the complexities of the law and guidance surrounding paying for care, including deferred payment agreements, when houses or assets are disregarded, deprivation of assets and top-ups. It sets out many of the scenarios commonly arising around charging, and answers key questions, including: * Who needs to be assessed? * How are financial assessments conducted? * What capital is included and what capital is subject to disregards? * What income is included and what income is subject to disregards? * What is the standard for deprivation of assets? * When can a top-up be paid for care under the Care and Support (Choice of Accommodation) Regulations 2014? * When does a person have an entitlement to a deferred payment agreement and when does a local authority have discretion to offer one? * What is the process for recovering debts owed under the Care Act 2014? All the essential statutes and regulations are included in the Appendices for easy reference.
£75.00
The Law Society Cohabitation: Division of Property on Relationship Breakdown
This book focuses on the property and financial aspects of relationship breakdown for cohabitants. The key concepts, issues and case law are explained clearly and concisely and will be an invaluable source of help and guidance for the busy family law practitioner.
£80.00
The Law Society Probate Practitioner's Handbook
The Probate Practitioner's Handbook is a well-established and popular guide to good practice for solicitors' firms that undertake probate and estate administration work. This new ninth edition has been comprehensively updated so you can advise your client with confidence.
£80.00
The Law Society Client Care in Conveyancing
This new book will help you to improve the less successful aspects of your conveyancing service and it includes guidance on regulatory issues such as price transparency (as highlighted by the SRA) and GDPR through case studies and practical examples.
£50.00
The Law Society Matrimonial Finance Handbook
The Matrimonial Finance Handbook is an indispensable resource for practitioners advising clients on financial remedies following divorce or civil partnership dissolution.
£70.00
The Law Society Smarter Legal Marketing: Practical Strategies for the Busy Lawyer
This practical book shares insights, smart strategies and tips to help you to market yourself and maximise your chances of career success. The book covers: - what marketing actually is - why you must put yourself in your clients' shoes - the importance of having a personal brand - how to make networking work for you - blocks lawyers have about marketing and how to overcome them - how to fit marketing into your hectic schedule - how LinkedIn can help you to create visibility online and build your reputation - how content marketing fits with your overall marketing strategy and plan. Written by an experienced mentor and coach with in-depth knowledge and experience of the legal profession, this book is an essential read for fast changing times with more competition.
£55.00
The Law Society Regulation and In-house Lawyers
Regulation and In-House Lawyers is a resource for SRA regulated lawyers working in-house for organisations which are not authorised by the SRA. This second edition has been updated to reflect the major regulatory changes introduced by the SRA Standards and Regulations in November 2019. The book explains the changes and their significance to in-house lawyers in particular, and provides guidance on regulatory compliance. It also covers key legislation such as the Money Laundering Regulations 2017, the Criminal Finances Act 2017, the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018, as well as recent Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal decisions. Additional material has been added to this new edition which will help lawyers to demonstrate compliance in practice through systems, controls and policies, including templates which can be used by practitioners to create compliance manuals.
£75.00
The Law Society Drafting Commercial Agreements
With its range of flexible and adaptable precedents, Drafting Commercial Agreements can help you to draw up contracts accurately and efficiently. Thorough and practical, the book covers those areas that are most commonly encountered in commercial practice, such as agency, distribution, franchising, joint ventures and the sale and supply of goods.
£110.00
The Law Society Precedent Library for the General Practitioner
This new edition of the Precedent Library for the General Practitioner contains many new precedents and offers a cost-effective alternative to the often expensive, vast online libraries of precedents that you might never make full use of. All of the precedents are reproduced on an accompanying CD-ROM for easy customisation.
£115.00
The Law Society Criminal Defence: Good Practice in the Criminal Courts
This new edition of Criminal Defence offers a step-by-step guide to practice and procedure in all of the criminal courts. It covers the process in detail, from the role of the defence solicitor, through to shaping a case at the police station, to preparing for trial and finally action after acquittal or conviction and sentence. It also contains specific chapters on youths and clients at a disadvantage. Based on up-to-date case law, it is a best practice guide to being a criminal solicitor and complements the goals of the Law Society's Criminal Law Accreditation Scheme.
£59.95
The Law Society Legal Training Handbook
The law is a 'knowledge' business. The success of any law firm depends on the expertise and skills of the people who work in it. The Legal Training Handbook is a guide for anyone who has responsibility for any level of training in a firm or an in-house legal department. This concise handbook includes: what would-be employers can expect their prospective trainees to have been taught what is expected of 'supervisors' of trainees the standards trainees must achieve what training obligations qualified solicitors have to satisfy. A new addition to the Law Society's range of practical handbooks, this guide is fully up-to-date covering: the recent recommendations of the Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) the recommendations' initial implementation by the frontline regulators including the SRA the revised SRA Training Regulations and the new Code. This timely and user-friendly publication discusses why your firm should invest in training and how to measure the results. It analyses both the commercial and the regulatory aspects of training. Legal Education and Training Handbook is thorough and primarily suitable for medium to large size law firms in England and Wales.It would also be of interest to other legal professionals, such as barristers, licensed conveyancers and IP practitioners.
£99.95
The Law Society Making Gifts of Assets
Making Gifts of Assets is an essential yet user-friendly guide for private client, company commercial and conveyancing solicitors that pulls together all the key considerations when advising on making gifts into one concise volume.
£80.00
The Law Society Renewal of Business Tenancies
The renewal of business tenancies is subject to compliance with strict legal requirements including technical statutory procedures, time-limits, and the service of prescribed notices and forms. This book unravels the complexity of the legal requirements.
£95.00
The Law Society Assessing and Addressing Risk and Compliance in Your Law Firm
Assessing and Addressing Risk and Compliance in Your Law Firm is essential reading for all law firms to ensure they are compliant and risk averse.
£65.00
The Law Society Elderly Client Handbook
This latest edition of the popular Elderly Client Handbook offers an updated guide to all aspects of the law, regulation and practice relevant to acting for elderly clients, from commissioning care to will drafting.
£70.00
The Law Society Commercial Law Handbook
The Commercial Law Handbook examines the most commonly encountered transactions, provides a checklist of the terms that need to be included in the agreements and analyses the issues that should be considered when drafting them. This new second edition includes: - Consumer Rights Act 2015 - General Data Protection Regulation (Data Protection Act 2018) - Rome I and II Regulations on governing law - Recast Brussels Regulation on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments - Competition and Markets Authority succeeding the Office of Fair Trading - case law clarifying rights of agents and operation of Commercial Agents Regulations - perspectives on the potential impact of Brexit.
£110.00
The Law Society Risk and Negligence in Property Transactions
Managing risk is a requirement of the SRA Handbook and quality schemes. Land law in England and Wales remains complex and to a large extent uncodified and claims against solicitors for negligence form the largest number of all claims against solicitors. This unique new book examines the specific issues that may arise at different stages in the acquisition and conveyance of land and identifies the problems, pitfalls and risks faced when acting for the buyer, seller and lender which may give rise to liability in negligence. As well as covering routine matters such as compliance with CML Conditions, it includes chapters on discrete issues, such as options or environmental matters, which will be of particular help to non-specialist practitioners.
£99.95
The Law Society Criminal Finances Act 2017: A Guide to the New Law
Criminal Finances Act 2017 is a new legislation guide which explains how the Criminal Finances Bill (which amends the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002) will affect your clients' business, how your firm will need to advise on it, as well as the effects it will have on your own firm. Composed of two parts: part one includes expert commentary on the Bill, breaking it down point-by-point; and part two reproduces the full text of the Criminal Finances Bill. This essential guide will help your firm: * avoid corporate failure to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion * advise your clients on statutory defences * advise your clients on the new unexplained wealth orders * understand the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, and the money laundering regulations 2007 as amended by the new Act, in particular the duties of solicitors to submit suspicious activity reports.
£59.95
The Law Society Boundary Disputes
This book gives a concise exposition of the law, guidance on how it is applied to practical problems, explanation of the funding options, coverage of the rules relating to First-Tier Tribunals, and a useful range of precedents on the accompanying CD-ROM.
£79.95
The Law Society Leasehold Enfranchisement and the Right to Manage
This popular book explains the rights of long leaseholders to acquire the freehold of their property, extend the term of their lease, and exercise their right to manage a property.
£69.95
The Law Society Employment Tribunals
This indispensable guide to employment tribunals has been completely updated and revised. It provides detailed coverage of the legal and procedural issues involved in bringing a case to an employment tribunal both from the claimant and respondent perspective.The third edition includes: - the repeal of the statutory dispute resolution procedures in 2009 - the replacement of the 2004 Rules with the 2013 Rules - the discontinuance of fees as a result of the Supreme Court decision in R (on the application of Unison) v Lord Chancellor [2017] UKSC 51 - the introduction of ACAS Early Conciliation - the increased use of Presidential Guidance and Practice Directions. This guide is ideal for use in tribunals and includes: - a model case that runs throughout the book, illustrating and clarifying the points made - chapters devoted to the different stages of a tribunal case from both claimant and respondent perspectives and checklists to assist in preparation and promote good practice - appendices setting out the most frequently used tribunal precedents and guidance.
£65.00
The Law Society Enforcement and Debt Recovery
On 6 April 2014 long-awaited reforms, came into force, unifying and radically reforming the law governing enforcement agents, and creating a new statutory procedure of commercial rent arrears recovery. In the second edition of this popular book, highly respected practitioners in property law and enforcement set out the most up-to-date and comprehensive review of the new law. Coverage includes: the new standards and certification for enforcement agents a complete review of the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013 the abolition of distress for rent the introduction of Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery (CRAR) the criminalisation of squatting. The authors combine their authoritative review and analysis of the law with insights into the practical impact of the rules and regulations, uniquely illustrated by numerous examples and practice points. The book also includes extracts from the relevant law and regulations, and so gathers in one convenient volume all the relevant law and guidance on enforcement and debt recovery for property lawyers, enforcement agents, commercial landlords, surveyors and insolvency practitioners.
£71.95
