Features – Page 6
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Internal investigations: inside jobs
Corporates face unprecedented scrutiny from regulators. Should they rely on existing counsel for internal investigations or hire independent help?
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Risk and compliance: strength and security
The Law Society’s 2015 risk and compliance conference heard that a firm is only as safe as its weakest link.
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What the SFO is now doing right
David Green has revitalised the Serious Fraud Office but it remains under pressure to deliver convictions.
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Compliance: blame game
Lawyers and other compliance managers are being stretched as government agencies outsource responsibility for policing corporate impropriety.
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Competence and assessment
Flexibility in how professional standards are met should be the cornerstone of training.
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Legal training: making the grade
Paralegals can now qualify as solicitors if they meet the same standards as trainees through ‘equivalent means’ of training. But firms face practical difficulties.
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Volunteering for regulation
Should we open our doors to unregulated providers via a voluntary scheme?
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Consumer 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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How 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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Turning 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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Fraud in PI law claims
The Law Commission’s retreat on fraud in personal injury is welcome, but raises troubling questions.
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PII 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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PII 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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PII Focus: SRA
The regulator is seeking to safeguard client protection while making cover more accessible and affordable.
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City 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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Breaking the covenant of trust
The SRA’s short-sighted approach to regulatory reform needs an urgent rethink.
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Risk 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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Irish lessons on PII
Ireland’s experience of professional indemnity insurance reform offers useful pointers for England and Wales.