All Regulation and compliance articles – Page 20
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NewsSRA aims to generate £66m in SQE income next year
Draft business plan and budget shows £36m increase on 2023-24 income due to more candidates sitting the exam.
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NewsHigh Street firm hit with £12,400 fine for breaching undertaking
Firm had agreed to register charges on properties within five days; it took more than 18 months.
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NewsCompensation fund levy trebles in wake of Axiom Ince debacle
Firms holding client money will have to pay an additional £1,560 from next year - while the individual levy will rise from £30 to £90.
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OpinionPost Office: time for the Law Society to step up
Our credibility as solicitors is tarnished. Chancery Lane must take a much greater role in supporting and enforcing ethical standards.
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NewsVeteran solicitor fined for using client account as bank
Regulator says firm owner’s breaches had the potential to cause significant harm - though none occurred.
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NewsNew chief executive for Legal Services Board
Craig Westwood is currently director of policy and comms at the Electoral Commission.
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NewsBar watchdog handed extra powers
BSB will be able to impose interim curbs on a barrister’s freedom to practise where misconduct has been found.
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NewsSRA fines firm £121k after wrong amounts paid to beneficiaries
Norfolk firm failed to rectify client account shortage for eight years.
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NewsCourt approves sale of properties linked to Axiom Ince boss
Administrators have also secured a bankruptcy order against Pragnesh Modhwadia.
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NewsSRA waives £63k fine to protect creditors of collapsed firm
North-west firm submitted 100,000 claims in 18 months but did not do necessary checks.
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NewsDrop CILEX plan and focus on your core duties, Society chief tells SRA
Chancery Lane chief executive says council members would need to approve changes to allow regulatory takeover.
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NewsFirms to face new demands to raze 'wall of silence' on complaints
LSB says there needs to be ‘step-change improvement’ in complaint handling to ensure firms deal with them effectively, efficiently and fairly.
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OpinionBar watchdog should have let sleeping lawyer lie
Judges get a quiet word, while an unfortunate barrister was exposed to public ridicule.
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NewsJunior lawyers threaten to escalate SQE results fiasco to LSB
Junior Lawyers Division expects to see changes implemented ahead of next exam sitting and says £250 'goodwill payment' not enough.
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NewsLetters roundup: 10 May 2024
Holding insurers to account and the Bar watchdog's performance: your letters to the editor.
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NewsCalls grow in parliament to extend SRA’s unlimited fining powers
House of Lords committee also suggests allowing the regulator to probe the actions of private investigators.
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NewsLaw Society mulls ‘legal aid’ for solicitors hauled before SDT
Council votes to establish committee that will consider how to ensure ‘equality of arms’ at tribunal.
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NewsCity firm and former partner charged by SRA over events from 2015
Candey plans to contest charges over sources of funds and says it has acted 'entirely properly'.
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NewsOsborne Clarke first to face SLAPP referral to tribunal
International firm says it disagrees with the basis and reasoning for the referral by the SRA.
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NewsEmployee forged signature after feeling ‘pressured’ by client
SRA says conveyancing assistant acted dishonestly when put under pressure to complete purchase.