All Regulation and compliance articles – Page 103
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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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Law ReportPress regulations
Divisional Court dismisses application for judicial review, arguing the defendant had not erred in its decision to grant recognition to the interested party, which regulated number of small or smaller publishers.
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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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OpinionLet the market - not the SRA - force price transparency
The best firms are already being innovative – so why take away their competitive advantage?
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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.
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NewsPrices and complaints data must be published says SRA
Regulator seeks out ’more open, competitive market where people can make good choices’.
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NewsSRA ushers in 'Uberisation' of legal services
Regulator wants to make it easier for solicitors to operate freelance.
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NewsCity firm worker banned after £6.5k personal spend on company credit card
SRA issues penalty against billing worker stopping her from gaining employment in the profession.
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NewsSRA 'driving uncertainty' and dismissing solicitors' views - Law Society
Chancery Lane challenges the Solicitors Regulation Authority to ask itself what exactly is the problem its reforms seek to address.
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