Features – Page 7
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FeatureVolunteering for regulation
Should we open our doors to unregulated providers via a voluntary scheme?
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FeatureConsumer credit activities regulation: SRA plans
Changes to regulation of consumer credit work pose a dilemma for the SRA. Here are its proposals.
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FeatureHow to: complain about a solicitor
The emergence of compliance officers and the SRA’s mandatory principles have led to a surge in the number of solicitor-on-solicitor complaints. Here’s how the process works.
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FeatureTurning up the heat against insider dealing
New offences are proposed for the market abuse of the wholesale gas and electricity markets.
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FeatureFraud in PI law claims
The Law Commission’s retreat on fraud in personal injury is welcome, but raises troubling questions.
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FeaturePII Focus: season of goodwill?
Regulation of professional indemnity may be in flux, but this year’s renewal market is expected to be benign.
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FeaturePII Focus: safety in a number
Every law firm needs to think about what level of cover it needs to ‘sleep at night’.
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FeaturePII Focus: SRA
The regulator is seeking to safeguard client protection while making cover more accessible and affordable.
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FeatureCity regulation: business as usual?
The Wonga ‘fake law firm’ scandal has triggered renewed criticism of seemingly lax regulation in the City. How much has really changed since 2008?
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FeatureBreaking the covenant of trust
The SRA’s short-sighted approach to regulatory reform needs an urgent rethink.
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FeatureRisk and compliance: the tools of hazard
Law firms are constantly evaluating and managing risk but best practice can remain elusive, debated delegates at the annual Risk and Compliance Conference.
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FeatureIrish lessons on PII
Ireland’s experience of professional indemnity insurance reform offers useful pointers for England and Wales.
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FeatureThe death of ambush litigation
Some solicitors do not properly appreciate the importance of getting their costs statements in on time in the tough new compliance environment.
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FeatureCalculation of time
A district judge considers the timing of compliance with directions orders.
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FeatureRoundtable: professional indemnity
The professional indemnity insurance market is likely to remain turbulent for some time to come, despite far-reaching reforms.
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FeatureRisk and compliance: challenge of change
The SRA has made big changes to the way it regulates over recent years, says the board chair, but there is more to do.
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FeatureThe problem with RSAs
The SRA’s approach to regulatory settlement agreements places firms between a rock and a hard place.
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FeatureIP and dispute resolution: cross-border complexities
Considering the potential conflict of laws in cross-border disputes.