Opinion – Page 9
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OpinionThe will to compete
Lawyers’ anger over accountants moving into probate work must be countered by a desire to fight the competition.
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SRA roll play
My name was, without notice, removed from the roll and then, six months later, without prior notice, restored to the roll.
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COLPs and COFAs – no small matter
The SRA’s plans for compliance officers show the regulator is at odds with itself.
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Regulator is bewitched by insurance mirage
Before stepping out into the unknown, perhaps the SRA should check the forecast.
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Trusted advisers, by choice
In the face of a growing number of unregulated competitors, law firms need to revive the solicitor brand.
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Brand at a premium
With PII, it is in no one’s interest to go shopping as the prices and goods are changed.
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PII arguments fall on deaf ears
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s plan has one more hurdle to clear.
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Still working on our ABS
The first local authorities applied for ABS licences last year and are still waiting for approval. What’s the hold up?
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FSA, FCA – the brass plate has changed, but not much else
The risible sanction imposed on Wonga for harassing borrowers through fake law firms shows how little has changed in the City.
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Mitchell: the problem with guidance
An insider’s view on the appeals that will clarify the post- Mitchell case management landscape.
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Responding to the ‘right to be forgotten’
Huge issues face the EU - not least the ‘right to be forgotten’ problem - and lawyers must meet them with decisiveness.
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Let the market be the jury
The public is capable of distinguishing the ‘wheat from the chaff’ – even when it comes to advocacy.
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Rise of specialist law firms
Niche firms will materialise to occupy emergent ‘advice deserts’.
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CPD reform: a ‘race to the bottom’?
The existing CPD regime may be ‘tick-box’; but what is likely to replace it is even more so.
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McKenzie friends like this…
The use of these friends is being encouraged by those who ought to know better.
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SRA’s plans can only help the life of PII
Insurance proposals strike a Goldilocks balance between market freedom and consumer protection.
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Is it time to scrap mandatory PII?
Is the best way to stop this annual hoopla to give the client a choice?
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The bane of consumerism
The regulatory burden puts the consumer first and the practitioner second.
