Regulation and compliance – Page 25
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NewsSRA preparing employer guidance to support in-house solicitors
Employers will be told legal teams need time and budget to help meet competence and regulatory requirements.
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NewsThree firms receive first SRA fixed penalties
Chief executive says new regime saves everyone time, cost and stress.
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NewsClaimant firm’s TikTok ads ruled to be misleading
TMS Legal admitted actors who appeared to be genuine clients featured in advertisements.
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NewsAxiom Ince complaints ‘nothing out the ordinary’, SRA says
Regulator says the accounts of collapsed firm, which is now under investigation by the SFO, were ‘well-ordered’ on their face.
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NewsMPs to grill legal chiefs on regulation
Justice committee to question representative bodies and regulators on performance and relationships.
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NewsFormer trainee solicitor barred over past criminal act
Trainee was midway through his training contract when he was convicted.
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News'No confidence': New front opens in CILEX civil war
Rebuff for CILEX members who demanded special general meeting on plans for SRA to regulate legal executives.
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NewsFormer Deloitte solicitor charged over alleged kiss at office party
Solicitor denies committing misconduct at social event in expensive London hotel.
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NewsSRA's legal executive takeover will confuse public, Society warns
Chancery Lane strongly opposes proposals to bring legal executives under Solicitors Regulation Authority's remit.
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NewsExtra cash call for Axiom Ince compensation 'looking likely', says SRA
Regulator edging closer to deciding on interim payment from solicitors and firms to plug massive hole in client account.
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NewsSRA fines firm where client account did not add up
Shortage of £9,300 on the client account was rectified before the SRA finished its inspection and clients suffered no loss.
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NewsStruck-off solicitor and unregistered barrister disbarred
Practitioner had failed to inform Bar Standards Board of strike-off over misappropriation of nearly £141,000 from client account.
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NewsLaw Society demands talks over potential Axiom Ince levy
Solicitors ‘greatly concerned’ at possible one-off charge to cover massive client losses.
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NewsOmbudsman asks for £1.2m more to handle increasing demand
Legal ombudsman says this year has seen a 13% increase in enquiries from legal consumers.
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NewsSociety seeks members’ experiences of unbundling
Chancery Lane is interested in how firms manage their liability for unbundled services - and whether they increase revenue.
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NewsFirms continue to flout SRA transparency rules
Only 42% of firms are publishing all the pricing and service information, a report for the regulator reveals.
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NewsChambers' ratings could be made public under bar reform plans
Bar Standards Board admits that publishing assessments of individual sets 'would raise the stakes of our supervision work'.
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NewsCity firm fined for relying on Ukrainian lawyer for AML checks
Solicitors Regulation Authority says City firm missed a number of red flags on property transaction.
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NewsNews focus: Takeaways from the SRA compliance officers conference
At 16, the Solicitors Regulation Authority is a very different body from the one that spent almost all its time dealing with ‘fingers in the till’.
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NewsAutomatic fines likely for firms still failing on AML
SRA estimates that ‘significant majority’ of firms are still failing to comply with regulations.