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Partners working in “silos” pose major danger to law firms’ risk management strategies
Monday, 6 December 2010Lawyers working alone in ‘silos’ present serious potential risks to law firms, but limiting partners’ autonomy can harm your practice’s bottom line, a conference heard last week.
Tags: compliance, Indemnity insurance, outcomes-focused regulation
Posted in Indemnity insurance, News
Good reviews
Thursday, 20 May 2010File reviews are generally seen by law firms as something they must implement to ensure they comply but the benefits are so often overlooked, explains Jaunita Gobby of compliance consultancy Legal Eye
Tags: compliance
Posted in Indemnity insurance, Solicitors
Protect and serve
Tuesday, 27 April 2010Jim Watson, managing director of data destruction service Shred Easy, and Daniel Berke, a fraud solicitor at Lewis Hymanson Small in Manchester and London, look at data protection among law firms and discuss the recent decision to allow the Information Commissioner’s Office to levy fines of up to £500,000 to organisations which seriously breach the Data Protection Act.
Tags: compliance, data protection
Posted in Features, Indemnity insurance
The legal profession and the sale of general insurance contracts
Tuesday, 16 February 2010Insurance mediation does not sound like the kind of thing solicitors do, but in fact many are involved in it and their knowledge of the rules around it are often sketchy. Alan Bannister of Vizards Wyeth outlines the main issues.
Tags: ATE insurance, code of conduct, compliance, FSA
Posted in Client care, Competence, Practice Management, Regulation, Solicitors
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