Regulation and compliance – Page 110
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NewsSolicitors’ handbook to be slashed from 600 to 50 pages
Law Society says new rules must not include restrictions on solicitors holding client money.
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NewsNew SRA online database may include disciplinary records
Information will be updated daily and is free to access and share.
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NewsSRA ‘concerned’ at PI practices aiding fraud
Regulator issues warning notice on potential fraud in PI cases, reminding the profession of its obligations.
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NewsWhitehall clears change for insolvency practitioners
SRA relinquishes responsibility for regulation of insolvency practitioners on 14 April.
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NewsDeloitte expands legal presence – but not in UK
Canadian arm of ‘big four’ outfit acquires law firm to extend legal offer.
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NewsSolicitor touts face fresh curbs
Solicitors Regulation Authority rules state that solicitors are not allowed to make unsolicited approaches in person or by phone.
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Sports solicitor signs up for bar regulation
Solicitor registers Captivate Legal & Sports Solutions with the Bar Standards Board as it provides a ‘more proportionate’ form of regulation.
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NewsProfession rounds on SRA over ‘super-exam’ plan
Regulator receives 250 submissions to its consultation on Solicitors Qualifying Examination – and 80% are critical.
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NewsRaising aptitude test pass mark ‘inadequate’, bar warns
Bar Council says the regulator’s plans to raise the pass mark for its aptitude test do not go far enough.
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NewsLawyers and public divided over data breaches
SRA starts to go through estimated 5,000 responses to Question of Trust survey.
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NewsUniversities keeping faith in LPC despite SRA proposals
Universities have said they are confident that the LPC will remain relevant.
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NewsGovernment makes £10bn pledge to cut regulation
Business secretary Sajid Javid announces a ‘one in, three out’ policy to ease burden on businesses.
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NewsLawyers face new push to improve complaints guidance
Legal Services Board says outcomes required of lawyers are ‘some way from being achieved’.
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Bar complaints system biased against men, report suggests
Bar Standards Board less likely to follow up complaints against female barristers.
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NewsCMA investigation timetable ‘challenging’, senior lawyer says
Competition and Markets Authority is currently reviewing legal services.
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News‘Named and shamed’ barrister in breach of conduct code
Disciplinary tribunal rules public access barrister Tariq Rehman failed to make sure his chambers were administered competently.
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NewsHead of closed firm convicted of VAT fraud
Caroline Joseph, formerly of London firm Hanover Property Lawyers, given a suspended prison sentence.
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NewsNew OPG guidance on client accounts
Management of deputyship funds should be done with the client’s best interests in mind, the Office of the Public Guardian stresses.
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NewsICAEW revives campaign on legal professional privilege
Chartered accountancy body claims LPP ‘seriously distorts the market’ for tax and other advice – but the Law Society has hit back.
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NewsLeO should reintroduce ‘free cases’, says Society
Chancery Lane warns that the impact of case fees on small practitioners can be ‘considerable’.