Regulation and compliance – Page 134
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NewsQASA ruling not expected this term, says Leveson
Presiding judge did not expect 17 lever-arch files of paperwork.
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NewsLegal Ombudsman sets out slimming plans
Service responds to criticism of its cost-per-complaint ratio.
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NewsFormer solicitor to head New Zealand's financial regulator
Rob Everett is to become chief executive of the Financial Markets Authority in February.
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NewsFirms burying heads in sand over finances
Only half of firms understood what is involved if they get into financial trouble.
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NewsSociety advice on barristers’ VHCC protest
The withdrawal of counsel over VHCC work should be treated like any other change of legal team.
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NewsRegulator amends rule to allow barristers to refuse fee cut
The ‘deeming’ provision of the cab rank rule will not apply to VHCCs following the Bar Standards Board’s statement.
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NewsSRA opens ‘forensic investigations’ into fee-ban avoidance
Visits to firms have continued through November as enforcement action comes closer.
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NewsBar Council rapped over cab rank changes
Legal Services Board says council failed to act in a way ‘compatible with the principle of regulatory independence’.
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News141 firms must prepare to shut down, says SRA
Regulator wants to encourage firms that failed to secure professional indemnity insurance to plan for the worst.
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NewsSolicitor-financial adviser ventures on the rise
Trend follows liberalisation of rules that prevented law firms referring clients to advisers tied into offering certain financial products.
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News70% reject rulings by LeO
The LSCP says the ombudsman service suffers from ‘false expectations’ of users, who complain of a lack of information and understanding of complaints.
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Law Society dismisses lay chairs idea
The Society said the proposal was based on ‘very limited evidence’ and wrongly assumed lawyers would inevitably act in the profession’s interest.
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NewsSRA seeks ‘modest’ increase in fining powers
Regulator unhappy with disparity between traditional firms and alternative business structures.
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NewsMP intervenes in SRA costs row
Simon Danczuk is angered by what appears to be a loophole denying costs protection to someone who was a beneficiary of a will but not the client.
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NewsSolicitor population rises to all-time high
SRA statistics show no let up in people entering the legal profession.
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NewsBalva clients offered hope as SRA targets uninsured
Uncertainty eased for hundreds of firms insured with Latvian company.
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NewsSRA warns of ‘group contagion’ threat to complex structures
Regulator urges firms tied into complex structures to act against the risk.
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NewsSociety aligns with CBI to promote UK legal services abroad
City lobbying alliance a first for Chancery Lane, but SRA chair intervenes in debate on regulatory burden to warn that ‘hundreds of firms are on the edge of collapse’.
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NewsBar Conference 2013: McGowan slams ‘cumbersome and expensive’ legal regulation
Chairman of the bar claims barristers are ‘watched over like naughty children’