Compliance & Regulation
Consumer panel lays out case for single legal regulator
The moment for structural reform of legal regulation “has arrived”, the Legal Services Consumer Panel says today in a call for a new single independent regulator.
SRA’s plans for compulsory ethics discussions “could cost £100m”
Plans by the SRA to introduce compulsory three-hour ethics discussions for solicitors could cost the profession £100m, Birmingham Law Society has calculated.
Milne to face SDT over stalking conviction
Controversial solicitor Andrew Milne is to face the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal following his conviction earlier this year for stalking.
Solicitor posed as police officer to get CCTV footage from Nando’s
A motoring solicitor from Cheshire has been found guilty of impersonating a police officer after trying to get CCTV footage from a Nando’s restaurant.
Solicitor jailed for money laundering now allowed to hold client money
A solicitor who returned to the profession after being jailed for four years for money laundering offences can now hold client money and act as a signatory on client account.
Using client account as banking facility lands solicitors in trouble
The former co-head of a City law firm’s yacht department and a veteran sole practitioner in Shropshire have been fined for using client accounts as a banking facility.
Legal Services Board acknowledges “failure to protect consumers”
The Legal Services Board accepts responsibility for its role in “the failure” of the regulatory system to protect consumers, its chair said yesterday.
Legal Services Board “has lost its way”, government review finds
The oversight regulator of legal services has “lost its way” in recent years and a reset is needed while work begins on a wider review of regulation, a major report has concluded.
LSB to focus on “fewer but more clearly defined priorities”
The Legal Services Board will focus “more sharply on fewer but more clearly defined priorities” in a three-year strategy to be launched later this year.
SRA outlines specific regulation for law firms using litigation funding
Law firms arranging or using third-party litigation funding for consumer claims will have to tell the SRA about it, under plans unveiled today.
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The trade-off mid-sized firm partners think they’re making
Most of the partners I talk to describe the same tension. They want the firm to run efficiently and hit its numbers, but they also want their people to feel supported, developed and fairly treated.
Communication as the core of client care in conveyancing
How a conveyancer approaches client care – particularly in relation to communication – can be the greatest differentiator for the success of a conveyancing firm.
Why brilliant lawyers sometimes fail
A question that often strikes a chord with partners in law firms is this: why is it that individuals who excel in one role sometimes struggle when promoted into another?
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