Regulation and compliance – Page 91
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NewsSRA plans register of disciplinary sanctions
Regulatory body steps up rhetoric of providing information and price publication to the public.
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NewsRegulators can be taken to employment tribunals, Supreme Court rules
Solicitors Regulation Authority supported the General Medical Council in case.
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NewsConsumers still in the dark about firms' prices, watchdog claims
Consumer panel says regulators must work together to ensure price transparency.
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NewsSQE: no silver bullet for social mobility
Compliance officers’ conference questions diversity hopes for solicitors' super-exam.
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NewsWhite men dominate law firm partnerships - SRA research
Regulator says diversity could help to improve access to legal services.
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NewsDivorce solicitor advised clients through unregulated firm
SRA fines Cornwall-based solicitor who gave the impression his divorce firm was authorised.
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NewsBar confirms no cab rank rule extension
Regulator reiterates fears that rule extension could reduce access to justice.
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NewsPartner at 'fledgling' PI firm admits case handling mistakes
Rules breaches included failing to do due diligence on cases coming from a claims management company.
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NewsFraud, data protection and IT: Law firms reveal their biggest compliance fears
Survey gathers views on how lawyers and back-office staff treat regulatory compliance.
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NewsSociety begins recruiting for new board
Solicitor and lay members sought for streamlined oversight body.
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NewsLidington lays groundwork for regulation review
Message appears in advertisement for the post of chair of the Legal Services Board.
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NewsLegal ombudsman accounts 'draw line under past issues'
Chair of Office for Legal Complaints says 2016-17 report and accounts are an important milestone.
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NewsPublic access barrister sanctioned for third time in six months
Oliver White fined £500 for ’failing to cooperate’ with Bar Standards Board.
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NewsBar to consult on scrapping LGBT reporting restrictions
Regulator says current rules have resulted in ’very low disclosure’ of sexual orientation.
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Lawyers? Small businesses still prefer advice from accountants
Federation of small businesses tells Conservative Party conference legal services market is broken.
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Top QCs set to escape price publishing regime
Bar regulator’s proposals go further than those of competition watchdog.
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NewsPrice transparency proposals 'encouraging' says super regulator
Regulators’ action plans provide ‘sufficient starting point’ for transparency reforms.
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NewsConveyancing regulator joins price publication bandwagon
Council for Licensed Conveyancer outlines proposals to implement Competition and Markets Authority recommendations.
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NewsPartners punished for failing to stop tax fraud colleague
Paralegal was under-declaring stamp duty on property transactions and keeping the money himself.
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NewsSRA turning legal sector into 'wild west', says Law Society
Criticism of plans to relax rules on how and where solicitors can practise.