Regulation and compliance – Page 82
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NewsBar chair: Separation remains for a reason
Andrew Walker QC says there are good reasons to reject fusion and alternative business structures - and warns of a dearth of juniors entering the profession.
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NewsBar defends traditional values in attacks on training and price transparency proposals
The Bar Council has staunchly defended the ‘values’ of the bar, hitting out regulatory proposals to re-evaluate the role of the Inns of Court and require barristers to publish prices. The council said the role of the Inns of Court should remain mandatory because they ‘play a fundamental role in ...
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NewsRetail guru joins SRA board
'Commitment to customer service, business acumen and strategic insight will be a great addition' - SRA chair.
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NewsOpposition to 'freelance solicitor' plans grows louder
Consumer panel says proposals may further compound the complexities of the market.
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NewsMinority ethnic students lagging behind in LPC success
Figures published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority also reveal stark contrast between training providers.
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AML quango part-funded by lawyers set for January launch
Concerns raised over running costs of new body.
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NewsSociety calls for disclosures of conveyancing referral fees
Timely sharing of information the key to improving the home buying process, Chancery Lane tells government.
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NewsSolicitor jailed for 20 years for child sex abuse
Glen Bartlett, who practised in mental health in Essex, sentenced for 'vile' offences in 1970s and 1980s.
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NewsGovernment rules out review of legal services regulation
Justice minister says profession can do more to reform itself without intervention.
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NewsPI clampdown continues as police target cold-call offices
Claims management regulator involved in raids on properties in the Nottingham area.
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NewsOmbudsman sounds warning over freelance solicitor plan
SRA warned by complaint handler that consumers may be less protected after plans are introduced.
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NewsPersonal injury firms warned over claims farmer links
Warning notice to the personal injury sector is a second public caution in two years.
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NewsSRA ponders penalties for failure to publish complaints data
Research claims that vast majority of consumers want more transparency from law firms.
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NewsJunior barrister numbers at ‘25-year low’ says new chair
Andrew Walker QC warns of younger generation increasingly being forced out of a career at the bar.
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NewsSRA urged to scrap plans for solicitors in unregulated firms
Rules are currently being drafted by the SRA - but the Law Society says there is still time to back down.
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NewsLegal regulation review 'not realistic' amid Brexit, concedes oversight body
Super-regulator vows to 'make the most of the current framework', conceding that an overhaul of the 2007 Legal Services Act won't happen for at least three years.
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NewsShopping around on price is no panacea for clients, Society warns SRA
Chancery Lane says proposals for publishing fees are counter-productive and unnecessary.
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NewsSRA shuts down Manchester firm over dishonesty suspicion
Managing partner also made subject to intervention from the regulator.
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News2017 in review: a year of departures - and harbingers
In 2017 we bade farewell to a lord chancellor, a global law firm, employment tribunal fees - and much else besides
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NewsQuality scheme for criminal advocates finally abandoned
Regulator announces demise of QASA after four years of controversy - but SRA chief suggests idea could be revived.