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SRA withdraws solicitor’s suspension following intervention
Wednesday, 25 November 2015The Solicitors Regulation Authority has taken the unusual step of restoring a solicitor’s practising certificate after discovering he was not a partner in a law firm that was the subject of an intervention.
Tags: accounts rules, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
High Court halves solicitor’s “excessive and inappropriate” suspension
Wednesday, 6 May 2015A decision by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) to suspend a solicitor for two years has been reduced to one by the High Court, which described the penalty as “clearly excessive and inappropriate”.
Tags: accounts rules, dishonesty, High Court, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
Doubts over SRA plan to offer ‘client account alternative’
Friday, 24 April 2015Plans to offer solicitors the option of a “third-party managed accounts” instead of the traditional client account have divided opinions, with some criticising a lack of detail and questioning whether the move would reduce fraud.
Tags: accounts rules, client accounts, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Accounts rules, Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
SRA delays second phase of reforms on submitting accountants’ reports
Friday, 13 March 2015The Solicitors Regulation Authority has delayed the introduction of the second phase of its reforms of the rules on submitting accountants’ reports from next month to November this year.
Tags: accounts rules, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Accounts rules, Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
SRA seeks further ways to cut burden of 5,000 qualified accountants’ reports
Thursday, 20 November 2014The Solicitors Regulation Authority is proposing to cut further the number of law firms required to submit annual accountants’ reports, setting out a revised set of criteria for accountants to decide whether reports should be qualified.
Tags: accounts rules, ICAEW, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
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Your landlord clients have prepared for the wrong law
Lawyers advising major landlords and build-to-rent operators have spent the better part of a year on the Renters’ Rights Act. A good deal of that advice has been aimed at the wrong risk.
Your website is losing clients before they even pick up the phone
Your website visitor is likely already carrying stress before they arrive. If your site adds to it rather than relieves it, you have likely lost a prospective client.
The growing importance of higher limits in personal ATE
While the personal litigation market is undergoing a period of significant change as claims become more complex, much of the ATE insurance market has remained relatively static.
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