Regulation and compliance – Page 50
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NewsSuper-regulator acknowledges that PII costs are driving firms under
Legal Services Board pledges to find ‘possible solutions’ to the hardening professional indemnity insurance market, after the SRA declines to intervene.
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NewsCleared lawyer must pay £534,000 defence costs, SDT rules
Tribunal in Liz Ellen case says there is no good reason to deviate from default position of a no costs order.
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NewsCleared lawyer asks for SRA to cover her £534,000 defence costs
Tribunal told that SRA’s prosecution of Liz Ellen was ‘legally and factually flawed’.
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NewsCity watchdog appoints new general counsel
Stephen Braviner Roman, who was a key adviser to the government on Brexit, will join the Financial Conduct Authority in February.
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NewsTribunal slashes costs awards to SRA
SDT granted regulator £3.9m in costs following prosecution in past two years, compared with £6m costs awarded in previous two years.
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NewsIncrease in BSB staff not ‘reasonable or proportionate’ - Bar Council
The General Council of the Bar is consulting on a 4.5% overall increase in practising certificate fees.
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NewsKhan released from bench warrant after 'surrendering herself to the court'
Mr Justice Leech adjourns hearing of SRA committal application until 17 December.
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NewsComplaints about barristers’ conduct soar
Bar Standards Board reports ‘dramatic increase’ in reports of inappropriate social media use.
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NewsHigh Court to hear Khan case seven days after arrest warrant issued
Committal hearing in The Law Society of England and Wales v Sophia Khan Law Limited listed for today.
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NewsMystery surrounds solicitor's case five days after arrest warrant
Mr Justice Fancourt's decision in relation to Soophia Khan, 41, has since made national headlines.
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NewsProposed football regulator ‘will need lawyers’
A recommended independent regulator for English football will require ‘experts from the finance, legal, economics and football industries’.
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NewsSRA chief tells firms to ‘take the rough with the smooth’ over PII hikes
Regulators have no intention at this stage of stepping in to reduce minimum terms and conditions for insurance.
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NewsSRA says fines no longer enough for sexual misconduct
Regulator questions whether financial penalties are likely to ‘meet public expectations’.
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NewsHigh Court issues warrant for prominent solicitor’s arrest
Mr Justice Fancourt issues a bench warrant not backed for bail for Soophia Khan after she failed to attend a committal hearing this morning.
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NewsSociety and sole practitioners condemn run-off cover proposals
'SRA has today outlined its intention to make the marketplace less safe for consumers', says president.
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NewsSRA plans to end indemnity cover for retired solicitors
Closure of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund is regulator's preferred option in consultation opening today.
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NewsTreasury highlights 'weaknesses' in anti-money laundering effort
'Significant deficiencies' remain in supervision by 22 legal and accountancy sector regulators.
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NewsSRA seeks big increase in fining powers
£25,000 maximum and fixed penalties for low-level offences proposed in major reform of sanctions.
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NewsRegistered foreign lawyer in contempt for failing to deliver files to SRA
Sole proprietor of Stockport firm failed to provide client files in breach of a High Court order, a judge has ruled.
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NewsConveyancing giant still restoring IT systems after 'security incident'
Regulator says Simplify cannot confirm when restoration will support return to business as usual.