All Regulation and compliance articles – Page 113
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NewsFighting modern slavery is good for business – Law Society
Chancery Lane publishes guidance on requirements under Modern Slavery Act and examples of good practice.
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OpinionOut to get lawyers?
The death of lawyers has been greatly exaggerated, but a concerted bid to sideline them from dispute resolution is real cause for alarm.
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FeatureTransparency of legal services
Small businesses and the public are still struggling to access lawyers – here’s what the SRA is doing to share information on prices and firms.
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NewsConsumer watchdog names new chair
Former local government ombudsman to take over at Legal Services Consumer Panel.
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NewsConveyancing productivity up 55% in three years
Study by search company shows conveyancers completing one transaction every 2.4 working days.
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NewsSRA sings praises of asylum firms after sector review
Regulator finds areas of poor practice but produces overall positive summary of solicitors handling asylum cases.
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NewsLet graduates represent litigants in person – master of the rolls
Sir Terence Etherton says judges and the professions need to ‘think more creatively’ about improving access to justice.
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OpinionE-lawyers: a French solution for the future
In France, European Lawyers Day will be met with another move to help the profession and clients cope with ‘Uberisation’.
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NewsUS much tougher on rogue banks, law firm's fine tracker shows
Fines by US regulators and law enforcement agencies for interest rate and Forex manipulation totalled £8bn in the last four years – dwarfing penalties issued by the European Commission, EU member states and Switzerland.
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OpinionWho audits the auditors?
As both regulators and private litigants sharpen their focus on corporate governance, the universe of criminal and civil risks for auditors is set to expand.
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News‘Change of direction’ sees top 100 firm bow out of SRA panel work
Bevan Brittan has reviewed investment in panel work for the regulator and decided not to retender.
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NewsPrice collusion on Justin Bieber posters brings director disqualification legal landmark
Director banned for five years after pop music poster traders agreed not to undercut each other on Amazon.
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NewsLaw Society president: why are regulators silent on cuts?
SRA and LSB both have a duty to promote access to justice and should speak out on public policy, says Robert Bourns.
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NewsSolicitors agree sanctions over charity dinner money
Simon Pass and James Mawbey-Shaw admit breaches of accounts rules four years after SRA investigation.
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NewsGuilty: Bradford solicitors convicted of legal aid fraud
Three set up sham company to claim inflated disbursements from Legal Aid Agency.
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NewsMoJ finds rule breaches in marketing for sickness claims
Claims Management Regulator says clients must have given consent to be contacted.
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NewsJudges should get a role in legal regulation, LCJ suggests
Lord chief justice addresses advocacy standards, court fees and judicial pensions in parliamentary appearance.
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Solicitor faces jail after ‘burying head in sand’ over ombudsman
Rhiannon Cory could be jailed for two weeks if she fails to attend upcoming hearing.
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NewsSex shop judgment bans excessive regulation costs
Ruling in the Simply Pleasure case, Court of Justice of the EU says licensing authorisation fees constitute a ‘charge’.
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Barrister permanently banned from public access work
Second disciplinary hearing in two weeks for barrister ‘named and shamed’ by the Legal Ombudsman.