BBC exposé prompts conveyancing referral fees review
Council for Licensed Conveyancers says programme raised serious concerns about conditional selling.
Solicitors still ‘high risk’ for money laundering, government review finds
First risk assessment for five years finds that volume of cases of suspected money laundering which involve lawyers remains high.
Fee-earner forwarded client details to new address
Solicitors Regulation Authority says law firm employee's actions were beyond naive or foolish.
Councillor quits cabinet post after SRA shuts down his firm
London borough issues statement following intervention in former mayor's practice.
Decisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
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.
Rhino hide required
Who’d want to regulate lawyers, the most cussed and querulous constituency in British business life?
Seven priorities for the new SRA chief executive
Axiom Ince, SSB, AML and ending the frosty relationship with solicitors.
Parting shot
A degree of friction between regulators is perhaps healthy, but instances of outright hostility appear to be multiplying.
Weighing up a lawyer's public shame against open justice
As the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal closes itself off from scrutiny, anonymity applications may increase.
