Opinion – Page 14
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BOOK REVIEW: SRA Handbook (October 2013)
This up-to-date edition is essential reading following a raft of regulatory changes over the past year.
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PII in a European setting
What light does a new report shed on the availability of cross-border insurance products?
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Border counsel
How to decide between a pro- or anti-European approach at the forthcoming elections.
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Hideously diverse?
The identity politics ‘industry’ can be shrill and irritating, but surely the SRA is right to find out how the profession is comprised.
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Alarming lessons from the US
Legal education needs to prepare tomorrow’s lawyers for the automated world in which they will be operating.
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ABSs - the idea which won’t go away
The debate about alternative business structures has reached Ireland and Canada – and is set to continue to rage around the world.
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Fraud and inducements
The SRA should take the lead and investigate the presence or otherwise of a link between inducements and fraud.
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The spirit of the referral fee ban? It doesn’t exist
SRA is doing what it can with the legislation, but is impotent to stop these arrangements.
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What sort of question is that?
Form-filling is increasingly becoming part of the job. But how many solicitors answer the questions honestly?
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Cultural sensitivities
Should bars lobby on issues which do not directly affect the regulation or practice of law?
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Training for tomorrow
Solicitors need to be equipped to practise in a more competitive and customer-focused environment.
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PII: stabilising the cycle
We hope to see changes in the solicitors PII market that will help smaller firms in particular.
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COLPs and COFAs need help to enjoy new-found freedom
The SRA is right to devolve compliance responsibility to firms, but they still need guidance.
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Finding a new plot
Developments in legal services often follow a similar pattern. Are current events more like Dracula or Sleeping Beauty?
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How others see us
People beyond our borders view our regulatory framework with bemusement – there should be one regulator for all UK lawyers.
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The cost of having principles
If general counsel advise an ethical response to wrongdoing and are ignored, it undermines their ability to do the core job of managing risk.
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PII news focus: running for cover
Berliner’s exit from the PII market has created turmoil for 1100 law firms, providing a dramatic end to a troubled PII renewal season.
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PI firms should fear referral fee questions
Firms that assumed life would go as normal in spite of the referral fee ban need to act