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Small but Confident Steps on the journey into Cyber Security for Solo legal practitioners The legal sector – an attractive target. The National Cyber Security Centre has identified that the legal sector is a top target for cyber criminals, it is not difficult to see why. Law practices hold large amounts of sensitive and confidential client information, … Read more

SPG Council Member is Deputy Vice-President of the Law Society It is an honour and a privilege to have been elected Deputy Vice-President of the Law Society of England and Wales.  I took up my new role at the Law Society AGM on 14 October 2020 and it has been a whirlwind of activity since then!  … Read more

Thanks to insurer Lockton’s inspired generosity, one highlight last year was a Champagne Tea at Claridges. At our last SPG Conference, in Manchester, Lockton had offered the Tea for Two as a prize for guessing the number of sweets in a bottle. I was amazed to find my guess was the nearest. Tea at Claridges ‘O … Read more

Looking at my previous report in the summer I said I thought we were then living in a parallel universe, which I then confidently assumed would be of short duration. That parallel universe now seems to be our new normal and it will probably feel very strange going back to our old universe, if and when … Read more

Report of the Chair for the Executive Committee meeting of the SSPG on Thursday 14th January 2021 First of all, may I wish you all a very blessed and prosperous New Year, in spite of our present problems. The light at the end of the tunnel promised by the new vaccines is a huge relief and … Read more

The High Court’s decision of 27 November 2020 in Ryan Beckwith v SRA [2020] EWHC 3231 (Admin), which the SRA has said it will not appeal, has at long last put down clear parameters about when solicitors’ private lives are their own and are no business of the regulator however “inappropriate” the behaviour may be thought. … Read more

Legal Aid in a pandemic A deep dive into key issues in this extraordinary of times with Richard Miller, head of the Justice Team at the Law Society. This informative podcast discusses frontline working in courts and police stations; remote hearings; means testing; payments on account; Legal Aid Review; crime contract extension and the positive effect … Read more

LUBNA SHUJA Lubna qualified as a solicitor in 1992. She was a partner in a high street firm in West Yorkshire for many years and then started her own practice in Birmingham in 2007 undertaking mediation, family and civil litigation. Lubna became a CEDR accredited Mediator in 2005, and is dual qualified to conduct both Civil … Read more