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The SRA is in "very regular contact" with S&G and "this level of interest is routine with large firms". And apart from that, everything is hunky-dory, folks. No mention of whatever "regular contact" there was with S&G at the time it was in negotiations with Quindell to buy its Professional Services Division and whether this was such a brilliant idea ; no mention of any scrutiny of WIP in either organisation at the time ; no mention of any contingency plans for staff or clients in the event of a large firm failure or if S&G has its funding removed by the banks at the end of the month. It's almost as if S&G was untouched by any regulatory oversight in recent years. Perhaps the SRA was too busy hammering small firms into the ground and decimating the high street legal profession to worry about anything else.