All Regulation and compliance articles – Page 5
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NewsRegulators urged to fix access to justice crisis
Report for consumer watchdog reopens potential for biggest law firms to pay access to justice levy.
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NewsLegal Services Board slams SRA failings in damning report
Regulatory performance assessment by oversight watchdog also questions effectiveness of the SRA’s leadership team.
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NewsRogue solicitor, 83, caught running unauthorised £86m practice
Regulator opts not to send veteran of 55 years in practice to tribunal on account of his age and health.
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NewsLaw firm manager barred for hiding £22m debt from SRA
High Street Solicitors went into administration weeks after downplaying the trouble it faced.
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NewsSRA hits central London firm with maximum fine
Firm admits failing to make source of wealth checks across 36 transactions.
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OpinionLight relief?
What would a ‘light-touch’ approach to litigation funding regulation look like?
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NewsParalegal barred after cheating on training contract assessment
Candidate accessed model answers and the mark scheme ahead of her test day.
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NewsSRA defends lack of action in warlord ‘SLAPP’ case
'Robust legislative solution' is needed, regulator says in letter to former chair of House of Lords committee.
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NewsThree firms sanctioned in latest AML crackdown
SRA fines two firms while another agrees to pay a financial penalty for non-compliance.
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News'Hu She': office nicknames cost veteran solicitor £31,000
In-house practitioner accepted that emails sent to colleagues were offensive and unprofessional.
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NewsSolicitor struck off for faking client letters and misleading SRA
Sussex practitioner struck off after dishonest attempts to avoid regulatory sanction.
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NewsFormer criminal bar chair Sidhu disbarred for sexual misconduct
'Serious sexual misconduct in this case was overwhelmingly likely to have caused long term harm,' tribunal hears.
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NewsSolicitor endures six-year delay in billing misconduct case
Former Addleshaw Goddard partner admitted to misguided attempt at internal ‘housekeeping’.
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OpinionWhy it’s time to scrap the Legal Services Board
Sweeping away the LSB given its lack of both impact and credibility would be in the public interest. The board is a burden but offers no benefit.
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OpinionGlass houses
Last week I noted that the Law Society’s benchmarking survey was awkwardly timed, finding as it did that client interest is turbocharging practice profits.
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NewsSRA doubles response time to complaints as reports surge
Automated response from regulator's assessment team states that complainants can expect to wait 50 to 55 working days to be contacted.
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NewsRegulator urged to support junior GCs
In-house conference hears concerns for newly-qualifieds quickly promoted to senior positions for the wrong reasons.
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OpinionLetters roundup
Branded a liar by the SRA, an AML juggernaut creating mayhem and asking the question: 'are lawyers needed?' Your letters to the editor.
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OpinionNo more ‘free money’?
Might the prospect of tipping dozens of law firms into financial trouble deter the SRA from imposing a ban on pocketing interest on client money?