All Regulation and compliance articles – Page 2
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NewsSDT fines solicitor £15,000 over failure to report drink drive convictions
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal’s approach to sanction was ‘grounded in the…individual circumstances of this case rather than in a mechanical application of principle’.
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NewsMisconduct reports to SRA continue to rocket
SRA planning 'fundamental changes' in how cases are assessed as influx of reports from public accelerates.
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NewsSRA tells panel firms to amend misleading letters on investigations
Prominent regulatory specialist alleges that solicitors were deceived into thinking they were dealing directly with the watchdog.
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NewsJudge refers solicitors to SRA over 'inexcusable' submission of AI-generated authorities
Skeleton argument appeared to have been created by artificial intelligence rather than a lawyer.
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NewsSolicitor struck off over failure to comply with LeO's court order
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal also orders the sole practitioner pay £39,335.90 costs.
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NewsEmployee barred for unwanted sexual advances to junior colleagues
TLT worker contacted women on internal system and bought them inappropriate items.
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NewsTell us the rules for using AI in court, say solicitors
Law Society calls for safeguards to build public trust in the rule of law.
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NewsSolicitor on written warning tried to cover up missed deadline
Firm’s IT system showed senior associate’s letter was left blank and then filled in weeks later.
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OpinionSRA failures: content or structure, or both?
We are approaching a crossroads with the regulator, and decisions will soon have to be made. First, we need urgently to decide what has gone wrong.
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OpinionLaw firm collapses convince SRA that client account is unsustainable
Solicitors and firms will fund the clear-up for now - and can expect fresh assaults on the client account.
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NewsSRA plans shock budget raid on profession
Unprecedented cash call comprises hefty increases in practising certificate fees and compensation fund contributions.
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NewsSarah Rapson: ‘I know it is not going to go down well’
SRA chief executive insists planned levy increases are the only way to turn around her troubled organisation.
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NewsSolicitor who wrote false client note avoids strike-off
Typed note added false entry that solicitor had discussed exact costs with client.
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NewsUnder-fire SRA ordered to explain £40m PM Law debacle
Regulator must produce independent report to assess how it responded to failure of law firm group.
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NewsBar regulator consults on proposed enforcement process changes
New regulations would include an 'assurance of anonymity and support to witnesses involved in cases of a sexual nature'.
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NewsFCA takes aim at claims firms 'causing harm'
City regulator broadens its scrutiny of the civil claims sector following 'concerns that consumers are being failed'.
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NewsSRA intervenes into six-office firm going into administration
Regulator dealing with another law firm closure on top of a spate of interventions.
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NewsSolicitor fined £30,000 for 'obvious conflict' in LCF role
Acting as a security trustee while advising lender involved ‘two sets of obligations…structurally and diametrically opposed’, SDT finds.
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NewsSRA intervenes to shut down three firms in a week
Firms in the north west, London and the east of England all closed down.
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NewsSRA set for new status to help whistleblowers
Regulator expects to become ‘prescribed person’ under Public Interest Disclosure Act, ethics conference hears.