All Regulation and compliance articles – Page 135
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NewsSRA chief: let’s treat solicitors like adults
Regulator promises ‘far more conciliatory’ style of correspondence.
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NewsBlavo & Co shut down by regulator
SRA intervenes into London-based firm and practice of director John Blavo.
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NewsSolicitor leaves profession after moving £28k from client account
Payments made as a loan to two other clients requiring nursing care.
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NewsBSB plans to relax restrictions on employed barristers
Planned changes will allow barristers to contract services through agencies or corporate vehicles.
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NewsSampson was sacked – he didn’t resign, says MoJ chief
Former chief legal ombudsman denies being dismissed.
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Barrister fined for running unlicensed taxi firm
Ahtiq Raja fined £600 for conduct likely to ‘diminish trust’ in the profession.
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News‘Outmoded’ bar must modernise, says new BSB chair
Sir Andrew Burns urges barristers to respond with ‘robustness and creativity’ to the many challenges it faces.
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ProfileInterview: Paul Philip
The SRA’s chief executive reveals how the regulator is engaging with solicitors to win respect and improve the way it works.
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NewsOmbudsman enjoying easier CMC caseload
Only 648 cases accepted in first six months of new scheme.
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FeatureJudicial review of decision on Cage funding
Did the Charity Commission overstep its powers when pressuring two charities to make a funding promise?
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NewsSRA: tell us what bad behaviour by lawyers matters most
Consultation open on how to maintain trust in the legal profession.
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NewsQC jailed for fraud is disbarred
Rohan Pershad QC was jailed in 2013 for cheating public revenue of £600,000.
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NewsLegal Ombudsman to miss more time targets – LSB
Complaints-handler met 90-day target just 52% of the time in July.
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OpinionOnline platforms – lawyers act now!
Uber has grabbed the headlines but unregulated online services could threaten the legal landscape as we know it.
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LSB consults on in-house lawyers regulations
The Legal Services Board is consulting on a set of principles that will inform decisions it makes about regulatory arrangements for in-house lawyers.
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SRA trims status forms
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has introduced new slimline application forms for firms that need to apply for authorisation for a change of legal entity, and for LDPs electing to be licensed.
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NewsBar 'milestone' towards flexible training
The bar regulator has approved plans to introduce a professional statement as part its new approach to entry to the profession.
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NewsLegal training: SRA hits back at Law Society concerns
Regulator says it has not yet decided how it plans to assess trainee solicitors after Chancery Lane warns that proposed changes would hinder poorer students.
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NewsSolicitor firm shuns SRA for bar regulator
Family firm becomes BSB-regulated entity – despite having no barrister on its team.
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NewsNo grounds for PII reforms, say lenders
Solicitors Regulation Authority reviewing professional indemnity insurance and Compensation Fund arrangements.