The Law Society and Medical Negligence

On the 2nd of June 1825 The Law Society was founded after a committee of management was appointed after the predecessor, The London Law Institution was developed on. Although it was known as The Law Society its formal name was ‘The Society of Attorneys, Solicitors, Proctors, and other not being Barristers, practicing in the Courts of Law and Equity of the United Kingdom’. The name became officially changed during 1903 to The Law society which is a professional association that represents and governs legal professionals.

The London Law Society

LawDuring the sixteenth century is became obvious that legal professionals was split in two, those who were professional solicitors and those whose posed as solicitors and was making a mockery of the legal system. In 1823 a group of high professional solicitors joined together to form an institutions called The London Law Institution which set about governing the way the legal professionals conducted themselves and groups of rules and regulations which were to be abided by. Two years later it was decided in order for the institution to become a national name the London part of the name should be taken away to leave The Law Institution so that all practices of law would be involved which would later be named The Law Society.

The Law Society On Clinical Negligence

The Law Society set up accreditation schemes which are voluntary to show expertise in a certain area of the law. It proves to any potential client that the law professional has proven expertise in a specialised area and has proven competency. Accreditation schemes have been set up in the area of clinical negligence. Such negligence takes place when a patient receives a standard or service that is considered below expectation and has caused physical or mental injury. If you consider yourself a victim of medical negligence you can seek advice from no win no fee medical negligence solicitors MedicalNegligenceAssist.

The Law Society’s Clinical Negligence accreditation scheme was set up to show that law practitioners who take part in the scheme are highly qualified in this field and it is a quality bench mark for all law experts. The scheme covers all work undertaken by solicitors and suitably qualified Fellows of the Institution of Legal Executive (FILEX) such concerns cover complaints due to medical standards performed by any medical staff that have fallen below par and have caused injury to the patient. The scheme for clinical negligence is to prove that law professionals are maintaining a high quality of knowledge and skill so that undertaking cases at this level will be untaken to a high professional standard.

The Work of The Law Society

The main reason for setting up the organisation was to establish a professional reputation and set out a structure of standards as guidelines for good practice. It wasn’t  until 1834 that the first proceedings was issued against practitioners that were not following the guideline set up by the society and standards were well below expected. A statutory disciplinary committee was set up during the early 1900’s so that concerns of any dishonest practitioners of the legal profession could be investigated and brought before the committee so that they could answer any concerns.  It was vital for The Law Society to be able to investigate claims made against solicitors so in 1983 the Supervision of Solicitors was established and soon became the responsibility of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). The society is responsible for bettering the legal education which is provided by law schools and for training and teaching of the law.

The society from the offset gained great a reputation and presence in the world of law so much so that a special relationship between the government and themselves was set up to deal with law reform and the formulation for legal policy.

The Society’s Move to Europe

In 1991 The Law Society opened an office in Brussels which proved to show not only a legal presence in Europe but also a connection to the European Union. More recently on the 27th of February last year the UK launched the European Law Institution (ELI), which a governing body that will bring together practitioners and professionals of law in all its fields. It was established to develop European law in providing practical guidelines to improve the quality of law in Europe. It has further ambitions to develop into fields of transnational law running alongside bodies such as the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Unidroit, and the American Law Institute.

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The Royal Medicine Society

The RMS was set up back in 1805, on the twenty second of May. Back then it was known as the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, and there were many leading figures that decided to take their own path and branch out from the Medical Society of London in order to set up their very own society. That was done in an attempt to be able to unite other professionals within the medical trade to be able to converse and share factual information on professional matters of interest, with the ideology that their knowledge would become better, and medicine as a whole would be improved.

Members also made a specialist library inside the headquarters for the purpose of being able to access medical books, and study with the best literature available. The name as it stands now came around in the year 1907, and that is because all the members of seventeen societies finally united together as allies and founded it. You can view the here www.rsm.ac.uk.

MedicalAt the moment the modern day head office is based at number one Wimpole St, in London. The building is one of great history, and was built back in Edwardian times. It was eventually constructed, and opened its doors in the year nineteen twelve. Mr John Belcher built the magnificent structure. In modern day times the society still releases a journal, and of course the library that is contained within the building at number one Wimpole Street, is proud to be the home to one of the biggest post graduate medicine libraries in the whole of Europe. Over the years, many a fine book has been added to the collection, and it is as you could say, it is a medicine man’s dream! Or, of course, a historians playground.

The society has a strong emphasis on trying to help people that wish to become a doctor and they release a fantastic guide to being in medical school. This is set about in the form of an application, and is called A Career in Medicine. Close by to the original building is another house that the society own, called Chandos House. This was constructed back in the eighteenth century and was built by the famous architect, Mr Robert Adam. The society uses this house to hold all of their events at. It is a great edition to the headquarters, and has hosted some magnificent events.

Those that study science and wish to be in the society get voted via a review from the committee, and of course they are nominees. It is a very high class society to be a part of, and certainly one that is not for the less educated members of society. There are members from all around the medicinal industry, including dentists, vets, health care professionals, students that are studying medicine and of course studying vets and dentists too. Each year there are honorary members that join the group, and those that are elected have to closely follow the Institute of medicine in the USA as well.

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