All Regulation and compliance articles – Page 137
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NewsSRA warning after increase in misuse of client account
Spate of reports at the end of last year prompts new warning notice.
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NewsSRA outlines response to Al-Sweady concerns
Regulator 'will be urgently concluding existing strands of investigation and reviewing the other concerns raised in the ministerial statement’.
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NewsCentralised assessment of aspiring solicitors ‘unthinkable’
People ‘should not be able to walk in off the street and take the exams’, Law Society tells the SRA.
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OpinionThe LSB: stuck in 2007
There is a worrying lack of focus on the public interest in the board’s latest draft strategic plan, which seems mired in a carefree past.
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NewsFirm fined for failing to disclose tax avoidance
SRA says firm had an obligation to disclose to both the purchaser and lender all information material to the transaction.
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NewsBar regulator invites entity applications
Door opened to practitioners wanting to set up BSB-regulated businesses.
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NewsCity lawyers urge SRA to retain consumer credit brief
CLLS warns of extra costs and risk of criminal liability if regulation passes to the Financial Conduct Authority.
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NewsSRA saves millions on intervention costs
Expenditure on closing firms down is much lower than expected - and profession will benefit from savings.
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NewsLSB puts spotlight on unregulated sector
Oversight regulator's three-year plan says it will look for 'level playing field'.
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News‘Extra burdens’ of consumer credit switch laid bare
Advisers commissioned by Chancery Lane warn of massive and costly disruption for thousands of firms.
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NewsOmbudsman hires lottery fund chief
Ian Brack takes on responsibility for expansion in jurisdiction.
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News‘Public access’ barrister disbarred for dishonest conduct
Michael William Wainwright had worked for client directly despite not completing public access training.
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NewsOmbudsman unsure of CMC complaint costs
Service also targets accepting complaints about accountants carrying out probate work.
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NewsOutgoing SRA chair backs legal apprenticeships
Charles Plant received a lifetime achievement award from the City of London Law Society.
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NewsConsumer credit switch will cost law firms dear - Society
President Andrew Caplen warns of ‘significant problems’ if SRA ceases regulating consumer credit work.
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NewsSRA ready to contact uninsured firms again
Chief executive Paul Philip said the SRA has now reassessed the data and will contact firms next week.
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