'Light-touch' oversight of SRA no longer fit for purpose after failures
LSB approach to oversight has already shown signs of becoming more pro-active, Law Society notes.
Global firm fined after client account used as banking facility
SRA opts against bigger financial penalty on firm with £428 million annual revenue.
SRA returns £9m to clients of closed firm PM Law
Regulator has received more than 250 applications to the compensation fund and paid out on 38 of the most urgent.
SRA reprimanded for SSB Law blunders
New chief executive says organisation must learn from multitude of failings in run-up to collapse of no win, no fee firm.
Decisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
Sarah Rapson: 'There is a reset to do at the SRA'
Sarah Rapson succeeded Paul Philip as chief executive of the Solicitors Regulation Authority last November. So what has this high-flying public servant learned in her first 100 days?
SLAPPs: regulator's campaign is in disarray - it must reset
The SRA should consult to ensure that it has a proper framework for deciding which cases to investigate.
The urgent need to think of a new regulatory future
It is unacceptable to continue expecting solicitors to pay for a model with such a record of failure.
Board gaming
What compelling purpose does the LSB actually serve?
My digested week
A firm closure, an agentic AI and the deadline for the Ministry of Justice client account interest consultation.
