News – Page 116
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NewsLegal training: SRA hits back at Law Society concerns
Regulator says it has not yet decided how it plans to assess trainee solicitors after Chancery Lane warns that proposed changes would hinder poorer students.
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NewsSolicitor firm shuns SRA for bar regulator
Family firm becomes BSB-regulated entity – despite having no barrister on its team.
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NewsNo grounds for PII reforms, say lenders
Solicitors Regulation Authority reviewing professional indemnity insurance and Compensation Fund arrangements.
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NewsKent ABS plan on ice as town halls look to consolidate
More than a year has passed since the council began the procurement process for a commercial partner to form a groundbreaking joint venture.
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NewsDebt-recovery agency granted ABS status
Nottingham firm says litigation becoming a popular tool in creditors’ armoury.
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NewsPolice called in standoff over LLP ownership
High Court judgment backs SRA in claim involving wrongly intervened firm.
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NewsPromote unbundled legal services, LSB tells firms
Super-regulator and watchdog say unbundling 'a natural response' to cuts in public funding.
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NewsSRA granted powers over partners in failed firms
Regulator can place conditions on PCs or even refuse solicitors permission to work in the profession.
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NewsSRA compensation fund payout soars by 43%
The fund made grants to the value of £23.8m in the 12 months to 31 October 2014.
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NewsFirm referred to SRA for ‘undermining immigration process’
Upper tribunal judges lambast Manchester firm’s ‘deliberate disregard’ for duties to the court.
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NewsSRA puts back decision on client account alternative
Regulator defers decision until a wider consultation on changes to the accounts rules.
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NewsLegal complaint time limits to be unlimited to meet EU directive
Consultation opens on changes to enable Legal Ombudsman Scheme to operate under new ADR rules.
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NewsBarrister took £2,000 from client without permission
Tribunal finds Stephen Supple guilty of professional misconduct.
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NewsApprenticeships for solicitors set for 2016
The government has approved standards for the new legal apprenticeship route as part of its Trailblazer scheme.
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NewsChancery Lane censures SRA over ‘flawed’ PII proposals
Society says the regulator’s recent paper fails to address why last year’s proposals on indemnity cover had foundered.
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NewsLegal Ombudsman puts ADR application on hold
Blow to complaints watchdog as it admits need for ‘wider consultation’.
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NewsLSB approves cab rank rule changes
The proposal effectively replaces the list of defaulting solicitors.
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NewsFormer Blakemores boss granted conditional PC
The SRA also confirms ‘conduct issues’ are being investigated relating to Guy Barnett.
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NewsBSB granted retrial after evidence blunder
Bar regulator said it is ’right’ that the disciplinary tribunal will rehear disbarment matter despite the history of the case.
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NewsTwo ex-members of same firm sanctioned by SRA
Misconduct included making payments to witnesses and using photocopied signature of a team leader.