All Regulation and compliance articles
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NewsIn depth: Another accumulator firm goes under - reviving tough questions for the SRA
Monday’s demise of PM Law Group left hundreds jobless and clients in limbo. The SRA has now intervened, as attention once again turns to the risks posed by firms which expand rapidly through acquisition.
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NewsPM Law did report closure to SRA
Concerns were raised over why the regulator took two days to intervene.
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OpinionProsecute in haste…
Regulation of lawyers is supposed to be fully independent. It doesn’t always appear that way.
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NewsSRA's new boss pledges 'empathy' and transformation
In her first interview, Sarah Rapson says she would like the regulator to be 'more human', but accepts she has a turnaround job to do.
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NewsProbate solicitor paid his £77,000 tax bill with client funds
Practitioner abused his position of authority over three years with ‘deliberate and calculated’ misconduct.
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NewsFCA and SRA warn claims firms on excessive exit charges
Joint statement says fees for terminating retainer must be clearly stated up front.
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News‘Clear your desk and go’: The overnight closure of PM Law
Clients cast adrift after staff were locked out of IT systems and told to put up the ‘closed’ signs. For now, confusion reigns.
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NewsFirm fined £68,000 for processing CA$23m through client account
SRA found there was no proper connection between legal services provided and money passed through client account.
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NewsStaff in despair as 20-practice network shuts suddenly
Reports indicate that Yorkshire and Cumbria outfit PM Law has ‘not closed in the manner we would expect’, SRA says.
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OpinionLong winter of discontent for the SRA as problems pile up
The past month has exposed fundamental issues with the regulator which need urgent attention.
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NewsSRA must pay Carter-Ruck partner costs in failed 'SLAPP' case
Practitioner subject to ‘legally flawed’ SRA proceedings is claiming around £1 million from regulator.
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NewsRegulator eases practising rights rules amid post-Mazur delays
Practising rights entry rules relaxed as more groups join upcoming Court of Appeal proceedings.
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NewsSolicitor 'motivated by resentment' banned for deceiving friend
Property specialist had falsely messaged to say that sale of jointly owned property had not yet been completed.
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NewsPre-Mazur advice 'not always articulated with sufficient precision', LSB concludes
Super-regulator says professional bodies should have been working together to arrive at a shared position.
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NewsCourt upholds £50,000 ombudsman award to complaining clients
Judge says solicitor was not entitled to court-style disclosure in the ombudsman process.
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NewsHigh volume claims: SRA investigates 72 firms
Warning notice sets out what regulator expects firms to be telling no win, no fee clients.
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NewsFormer coroner struck off for downplaying rape allegation
Criminal allegations were not pursued but tribunal finds phone call to explain them was dishonest.
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NewsMissed promotions and stranded jobseekers: practitioners sitting in post-Mazur limbo
Practitioners tell the Gazette of feeling humiliated and demoralised by their diminished status - and how it is damaging their careers.
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NewsSRA hit with £50,000 costs order after botched prosecution
Tribunal says SRA investigator was ‘evasive’ and ‘combative’ at times during cross-examination.
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NewsAction needed to save City, says lobby group
UK cannot afford to be complacent amid falling output and productivity and fundamental global changes.