Delaying the new SRA’s Standards & Regulations impacts on consumers as much as it does solicitors. If a key reasons for change is to widen choice and improve access to justice, then delay must be prejudicial. 

Since the 1981 Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations were introduced, providing physical first aid support has been a mandatory requirement for all workplaces of any size. But not mental health support.

This year offers unprecedented opportunities consequent on regulatory reform. The SRA’s new Standards & Regulations offers enormous opportunities to any solicitor or law firm that wants to think differently.

For me the greatest challenge has always been, and continues to be, how to demonstrate the value of PR. I was once told I would not get some partners’ attention because I was a fee-drainer, not a fee-earner.

There is a strong proven business case for law firms to promote good physical and mental health for all staff – it leads to greater productivity, better morale, better retention and reduced sickness absence.