Kings Court Trust Blog | Alternative Business Structure

More Councils Seek ABS Status to Stay Viable

on 02-May-2014 09:00:00 By | Kings Court Trust |

A large number of councils across England and Wales are looking to adopt the alternative business structure (ABS) model for their legal departments in a bid to maintain their effectiveness as spending cuts and outsourcing threaten their viability.

Number of ABSs Surpasses 300

on 18-Apr-2014 09:00:00 By | Kings Court Trust |

More than 300 firms have now obtained a licence to become an alternative business structure (ABS).

ICAEW & CILEx Approved to Regulate Probate Work

on 13-Mar-2014 09:00:00 By | Kings Court Trust |

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and the Chartered Institute for Legal Executives (CILEx) will now have powers to license alternative business structures (ABSs) and regulate probate work after their applications to become approved regulators were accepted by Lord Chancellor Chris Grayling last week.

LSB Supports ICAEW's Bid to Regulate Probate Work

on 20-Dec-2013 09:00:00 By | Kings Court Trust |

The Legal Services Board (LSB) is voicing its support to name the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) as a licensing authority for alternative business structures (ABSs), its chairman David Edmonds has said.

ABSs Starting to Make Waves

on 27-Sep-2013 09:00:00 By | Kings Court Trust |

Research from the Legal Services Board (LSB) points to the strong potential of alternative business structures (ABSs) to make a huge difference in the legal services market. According to the LSB, ABSs are more productive, better at dealing with complaints about service and more innovative than traditional law firms.

Kings Court Trust Secures Investment for Growth of Partner Network

on 22-Jul-2013 09:00:00 By | Kings Court Trust |

Since becoming the first Alternative Business Structure (ABS) licensed for probate by the CLC almost a year ago, Kings Court Trust (KCT) has continued to work closely with all of our Will writing and IFA partners.

What's Happening in the Legal Services Market?

on 07-May-2013 09:00:00 By | Kings Court Trust |

Over the next two years the UK legal services market is likely to exhibit modest growth levels, fuelled mainly by larger sector players and the increasing presence of new legal models, says YouGov in its Legal Services 2013 report.

Scotland Delays ABS Introduction Until End of 2013

on 24-Apr-2013 09:00:00 By | Kings Court Trust |

The Scottish government is taking more time to review the application of the Law Society of Scotland to become an approved regulator and as such it will delay the introduction of alternative business structures (ABSs) at least until the end of the year.

SRA Improves Lower Risk ABS Application Process

on 27-Mar-2013 09:00:00 By | Kings Court Trust |

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is to speed up the process of giving lower-risk applications alternative business structure (ABS) status in a move to address concerns that the current procedure takes too much time, the Law Gazette has reported.