Compliance & Regulation
BSB to commission independent review of enforcement processes
The Bar Standards Board is to commission an “independent end-to-end” review of its enforcement processes in a bid to improve its much-criticised performance.
Rebuke for solicitor caught on camera making “lewd gesture”
A solicitor who was caught on camera making a “lewd gesture” at a colleague at the firm’s Christmas party has been rebuked by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
LSB considers ban on NDAs unless employee asks for one
Lawyers could be banned from drafting NDAs in cases of sexual harassment, discrimination or whistleblowing unless the member of staff involved has asked for one.
Number of SRA investigations into SLAPPs continues to rise
The number of law firms being investigated for possible misconduct relating to SLAPPs has doubled since the summer to 40, the chief executive of the SRA revealed yesterday.
Increase in suspicious activity reports made by lawyers
The number of suspicious activity reports made by lawyers rose last year but continues to represent just a tiny fraction of reports received by the National Crime Agency.
CMCs still pushing out “misleading and unfair” advertising
Claims management companies are still producing “misleading, unclear and unfair advertising”, the Financial Conduct Authority has said.
Unrepentant barrister disbarred for breaking Supreme Court embargo
The barrister found in contempt of court by the Supreme Court after he released its embargoed ruling on the planned third runway for Heathrow airport has now been disbarred.
And then there were two – SRA shuts another Metamorph firm
The Solicitors Regulation Authority last week closed down yet another firm in the Metamorph Law Group, leaving just two still operating.
Firm handed largest-ever fine for transparency rules non-compliance
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has fined a law firm that did not comply with its transparency rules £3,500, the highest penalty it has issued for the offence.
BSB returns to “part fund” Legal Choices website
Legal Choices, the consumer-facing website which since 2019 has been paid for by all the legal regulators apart from the Bar Standards Board, is now receiving “part funding” from the BSB.
Blog
How does the legal profession become neuroinclusive?
My learning journey as mum to an autistic son with profound additional needs completely changed the way in which I work as a child protection lawyer.
The real cure for inequality at law firms? Listening
How can men, as one male panellist put it, “get out of the way of people coming up through the ranks?”
Most of these conversations only happen after the men leave the room.
Andy Burnham and the Hillsborough Law: should solicitors be worried?
Now that Andy Burnham has become prime minister, the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, otherwise known as the Hillsborough Law, will receive a real boost of political capital.
