Opinion – Page 11
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OpinionWhat 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
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Baffled by SRA enigma
We need a password to fill in an SRA form. The SRA has not provided the password.
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Exploding myths about cross-border movement
Jonathan Goldsmith looks at the directives that allow EU lawyers to practise in other member states without having to requalify.
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Insurers’ pull-out plunges firms into crisis
Some practices face a scramble to find insurance cover
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Government bank sanction plans are flawed
The Treasury has accepted the recommendation of the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards
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Embracing compliance - like going to the gym
Much has been said and reported about the cost of regulatory compliance, but not so much about the benefits of compliance as a driver of quality and competitive advantage through creating better processes and controls. The SRA’s report Attitudes to regulation and compliance in legal services showed that ...
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Speedier ABS processing
In response to Adam Entwistle's letter which was critical of the time taken by the SRA to process an ABS licensing application, I would like to reassure potential applicants that this has speeded up significantly since we introduced changes earlier this year. We listened to the profession, and ...
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Should we allow non-graduate entry?
SRA chair Charles Plant says there should be a return to non-graduate entry to the profession . Over the years I have thought this too. After all, I am a five-year man myself. At the end of this month I retire and my views have changed. The law ...
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Counting the cost of interventions
The cost of law firm failures is being felt across the solicitors’ profession. The Gazette reported recently that the unprecedented bill for the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) intervening in failing firms means that we will all have to pay an extra £23 each towards the compensation fund in the ...
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Time for a ‘sub-profession’ in the law?
The article about interventions in last week’s Gazette, which included a description of the consequences and cost of the collapse of Blakemores, should have us all worried for the future of our profession. It is clear now that our leaders were mistaken when they allowed first advertising and later ...
