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LSB declines to produce the “right” answer on indemnity insurance
Monday, 25 July 2016The Legal Services Board has shied away from recommending a single solution which all the legal regulators should follow on indemnity insurance. The LSB instead called on the regulators to work more closely together on the issue.
Tags: Bar Mutual, Indemnity insurance, Legal Services Board
Posted in Indemnity insurance, Latest news, Legal Services Act
Single-person ‘firms’ dominate first tranche of barrister entities
Monday, 27 April 2015All but one of the entities authorised by the Bar Standards Board since the beginning of this month consist of a single barrister, with the other made up of two barristers, it has emerged.
Tags: Bar Mutual, bar standards board, entity regulation, Indemnity insurance
Posted in Barristers, Indemnity insurance, Latest news, Regulation
Bar Mutual complaints referred to financial ombudsman
Thursday, 4 September 2014Two barristers caught up in high-profile disciplinary actions have referred complaints about lack of funding from the Bar Mutual indemnity fund to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), it has emerged.
Tags: Bar disciplinary tribunal, Bar Mutual, Indemnity insurance
Posted in Barristers, Indemnity insurance, Latest news, Regulation
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A letter from the SRA? Your first reaction matters
An email from the SRA has a way of rearranging a working day. It arrives in the same inbox as everything else, often in the same measured tone, yet it carries a different weight.
Regulate sole practices on evidence, not turnover
For a sole practice, the SRA’s plan that I cannot hold a compliance role if my firm has more than £600,000 of turnover is not a measure of risk. It is a ceiling on growth.
Is Google becoming pay-to-play for law firms?
For years, law firms have been told that SEO is the long-term alternative to paying for every click. That principle hasn’t disappeared but search results have changed significantly.
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