SRA’s £500k cap on comp fund payments runs into trouble
In warning notice, Legal Services Board says benefits do not justify significant detriment to wronged clients.
Judiciary seeks SDT recruitment scrutineer
Revelation appears in new protocol for the appointment of members of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.
Ban on unsolicited approaches ‘hits access to justice’
Dispute resolution specialist Tobias Haynes opens online petition for solicitors to be allowed to contact potential clients by email or letter.
Unbundling take-up in decline but watchdog still sees untapped market
Legal Services Consumer Panel wants the SRA to do more to assuage lawyers’ risk concerns.
March Council meeting
Council met remotely on 23 March.
Keeping it clean - Risk and compliance
Remote working in the legal sector became ubiquitous overnight. But what have firms done since to control and manage the changing nature of risk, and ensure that they remain compliant?
Solicitors’ cyber cover – going quietly?
Potential changes to the scope of cover for cyber-related claims.
Prosecute the firms that force junior solicitors to cover up mistakes
Too many juniors are being discarded after saying they were too scared to admit to errors.
How many more like Claire Matthews?
There appears to be a reluctance by the SRA to focus on the mental health of solicitors as being relevant when exercising its enforcement functions.
It is time for the SRA to issue a virtual practice handbook
Assuming physical and virtual practice are the same is not helping us in the long run.
SQE: we are on the right path
Choice of training is key to a more accessible profession, says the SRA's Julie Brannan.
