All Regulation and compliance articles – Page 3
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NewsSolicitor fined over vulnerable client's representation
Solicitor knew client had autism spectrum disorder when he pleaded guilty to criminal charges.
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OpinionThe urgent need to think of a new regulatory future
It is unacceptable to continue expecting solicitors to pay for a model with such a record of failure.
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NewsSRA plans risk profiler to flag potential law firm collapses
Investigators will have access to crib sheets of key data so they can detect warning signs earlier.
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NewsSRA investigating potential fraud at collapsed PM Law
Regulator sharing results of its investigation with police and other authorities.
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NewsSolicitor convicted of stalking faces SRA probe over leasehold 'threats'
Practitioner accused in parliament of ‘bullying, threatening and harassing’ leaseholders into buying freeholds from him.
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FeatureSarah Rapson: 'There is a reset to do at the SRA'
Sarah Rapson succeeded Paul Philip as chief executive of the Solicitors Regulation Authority last November. So what has this high-flying public servant learned in her first 100 days?
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NewsNew blow to SRA as solicitor cleared of 'SLAPP' behaviour awarded costs
Court orders SRA to make an interim payment of £400,000 ‘as soon as possible’ to media lawyer.
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NewsFirm's trusted cashier barred over £200,000 theft
Four-year misconduct was only uncovered when rogue cashier went on annual leave.
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NewsSRA makes emergency compensation payments to PM Law clients
Intervention spanning 24 offices could be the biggest ever undertaken by the regulator.
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NewsComplaint numbers rocket to record high
Legal ombudsman figures likely to exceed worst-case projections for the current year.
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NewsSolicitor who covered up late arrival in court is struck off
Advocate panicked after case had to be adjourned because he was 30 minutes late.
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OpinionMy digested week
A firm closure, an agentic AI and the deadline for the Ministry of Justice client account interest consultation.
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OpinionWhy risk and compliance matters more than ever
Solicitors are facing an expanding set of regulatory, technological and operational pressures.
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NewsLSB’s effectiveness under scrutiny in new review
Justice minister says review should ensure super-regulator is providing robust and proportionate oversight.
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NewsNovice solicitor lied about university career to get City job
Former in-house practitioner ‘created a persona that he thought was required for a role in private practice’.
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NewsIn depth: Another accumulator firm goes under - reviving tough questions for the SRA
Monday’s demise of PM Law Group left hundreds jobless and clients in limbo. The SRA has now intervened, as attention once again turns to the risks posed by firms which expand rapidly through acquisition.
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NewsPM Law did report closure to SRA
Concerns were raised over why the regulator took two days to intervene.
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OpinionProsecute in haste…
Regulation of lawyers is supposed to be fully independent. It doesn’t always appear that way.
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NewsSRA's new boss pledges 'empathy' and transformation
In her first interview, Sarah Rapson says she would like the regulator to be 'more human', but accepts she has a turnaround job to do.