Top US firm admits breach of Russia sanctions rules
Steptoe International cited inadvertent human error for breaking regulations.
Fixed fee Liverpool firm shut down by SRA intervention
Regulator intervenes into Bolton-Jones & Co, which offered clients an instant fixed fee conveyancing quote.
Solicitor avoids dishonesty finding after altering cheque date
Practitioner with 'strong sense of loyalty' to clients wanted to complete outstanding work before leaving firm.
SRA’s shock discovery: Small firms aren’t tech giants
Groundbreaking research confirms water is wet, sky is blue, and small law firms lack Google’s budget.
Safeguarding clients and legal documents: Capita’s partnership with the SRA
(Sponsored content.) Neil Skellam at Capita highlights how the company supports the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in safeguarding clients by managing, securing, and repatriating critical legal documentation during firm interventions.
AI regulation: What UK businesses need to know
The evolving AI regulatory landscape, the importance of adopting effective AI assurance mechanisms and the increasing role of AI-specific contractual clauses.
Decisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
Weighing up a lawyer's public shame against open justice
As the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal closes itself off from scrutiny, anonymity applications may increase.
Schooled by scandal
Shabana Mahmood demands changes to address SRA failures and prevent scandal akin to Axiom Ince from recurring. But how interventionist is the regulator now mandated to be?
A smorgasbord of navigable wisdom
Fiona du Feu reviews 'Risk and Compliance Questions and Answers (2nd edition)'.
Old chestnut back in season
Is momentum building again for a root-and-branch reform of legal services regulation?
