Regulation and compliance
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NewsSRA planning 'more intrusion' into law firms in wake of SSB debacle
Firms may be questioned on the types of work they do, their reliance on certain practice areas and arrangements with litigation funders.
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NewsEminent silk urges SRA to lift threat of pre-Mazur prosecutions
Meanwhile, CILEX regulator decides that legal executives do not need to report themselves for conducting litigation.
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NewsMPs urge government to provide Mazur clarity
Justice committee chair asks minister to look into whether Legal Services Act should be amended.
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News'Disappointed' SRA points to City watchdog's AML knowledge gaps
'The Financial Conduct Authority will have to develop an expertise which it doesn’t have at the moment,' says SRA chair Anna Bradley.
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NewsBill amendment widens NDA protections
Measure will allow victims and direct witnesses of crime to disclose information about the conduct to anyone and for any purpose.
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NewsGovernment strips SRA of anti-money laundering powers
Responsibility for AML and counter-terrorism financing supervision will pass to the Financial Conduct Authority.
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NewsWe need continuity of leadership, says SRA chair after damning SSB report
SRA now looking to be ‘more intrusive’ to spot risks at an earlier stage.
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NewsEx-solicitor caught in immigration sting barred from further litigation
Former practitioner struck off in 2023 has an ‘inability to accept defeat’, High Court finds following nine totally without merit orders.
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NewsSRA leaders face the music at annual conference
More than 1,000 compliance officers will be in Birmingham tomorrow.
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NewsSSB scandal exposes 'systemic shortcomings', says consumer watchdog
Regulatory framework 'does not prevent harm' and must be reformed, declares Legal Services Consumer Panel.
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NewsCILEX row with ex-president escalates with data protection warning
Representative body for legal executives accused of 'moving the goalposts' for refusing subject access request.
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NewsIn depth: SSB Law - how regulator failed to defuse timebomb
Carson McDowell’s excoriating verdict on the SRA’s handling of the SSB Law crisis describes multiple missed opportunities to protect vulnerable clients. Yet no one has been held formally accountable.
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NewsSSB victims angry and confused by lack of accountability
Barrister owed £260k calls for SRA board to resign, as it emerges that staff described one complainant as a ‘busybody’.
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NewsSociety issues Mazur guidance - but 'grey areas' remain
Much of the work involved in litigation can still be carried out by non-authorised staff, says Chancery Lane.
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NewsSRA chair says sorry for SSB failings - but rebuffs calls to quit
Law Society says 'wholesale change' needed at frontline regulator.
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NewsSSB Law: SRA ignored red flags for five years, damning report finds
More than 100 reports were made about potential misconduct but systemic failings prevented SRA from taking earlier action.
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NewsBan for trainee who helped brother evade murder prosecution
Conveyancing worker did not tell law firm of her conviction for assisting an offender.
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NewsTop Liverpool solicitor rebuked over £37,000 payments to prisoners
Warnings not to allow client account to be used as banking facility were ignored, SRA notice reveals.
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NewsCILEx Regulation fast-tracks bid for litigation rights as LSB steps in
Frontline regulators met last week to discuss ways to end uncertainty over High Court decision in Mazur.
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NewsSolicitor fights off SRA but still has to pay £11,000 costs
Partner even had a character reference from affected client, but tribunal says case was properly brought.