All Regulation and compliance articles – Page 33
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NewsRevised corporate governance code 'should explicitly mention GCs'
Lawyers say financial reporting watchdog's consultation is a critical opportunity to address historical omission.
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NewsLSB consults on helping 'silent sufferers' complain
Oversight regulator says process for resolving first-tier complaints not meeting client expectations and needs to be improved.
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NewsCity employee worked six months without disclosing conviction
Ashurst learning and development manager had admitted making indecent images of children.
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NewsAxiom may be ‘unable to continue in its current format’
Firm not taking new instructions following suspension of three partners earlier this month.
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NewsSQE pass marks facing scrutiny on results day
Pass rate for April sitting of SQE2 will be revealed once all candidates have received their result.
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NewsTribunal ready to fight SRA over fining powers
Adjudicator talks up its independent role in the face of SRA power grab.
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OpinionBigger SRA, new name?
Solicitors Regulation Authority is open to considering name change if it takes charge of legal executives.
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NewsWanted: solicitors for SQE assessments
Solicitors Regulation Authority says it needs more examiners to conduct oral advocacy tests.
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NewsSolicitor ‘AB/X’ continues fight for anonymity
Managing partner has applied for permission to appeal July order that he be identified.
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NewsLegal execs to get 'same status' as solicitors under SRA
How CILEX lawyers will fare under the Solicitors Regulation Authority is revealed in submission to representative body.
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NewsSRA suspends directors of Axiom, saviour of Ince and Plexus
Three solicitors at national firm are barred from practising as managing partner is accused of misappropriating 'significant sums'.
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NewsCILEX forges ahead with SRA regulation switch
Representative body for legal executives says decision to switch regulator will be based on 'public interest' outcomes.
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NewsSolicitors taking risks with NDAs but not complicit in cover-up, finds SRA
Awareness of the risks of drawing up non-disclosure agreements could be increased.
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NewsSolicitor who hid convictions from new employer struck off
Lawyer signed expenses forms and agreed contracts without mentioning driving convictions.
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NewsSRA denies it is under pressure to hammer immigration sector
Regulator says meeting with government this week was ‘professional and robust’.
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NewsSolicitor who backdated loan document rebuked by SRA
Regulator accepts family head had no intention to mislead and was acting on counsel’s advice.
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News'Conflict of interest': Watchdog berates Holyrood plan to keep Law Society as regulator
UK Competition and Markets Authority wants to see fully independent regulation - which Scotland’s professional bodies fiercely oppose.
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OpinionSRA power grab leaves SDT increasingly impotent
The tribunal makes fewer judgments than ever and could effectively lose its fining power.
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NewsBraverman meets SRA as row over immigration lawyers escalates
Ministers announce ‘official launch’ of taskforce aimed at cracking down on corrupt practice.
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NewsDentons ends pioneering tieup with China partner Dacheng
National security clampdown prompts demise of combination that created biggest law firm in the world.