All Regulation and compliance articles – Page 51
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NewsBar asks government to review LSB in 'over-reach' row
Bar Council says oversight regulator should not attempt to act as a regulator of all legal services.
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NewsBig Five law societies fight SRA's SIF plan
Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester societies express ‘deep concern’ that regulator failed to consult on other options.
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OpinionLetters roundup: 9 December 2022
Struck off after 60 years and an inclusivity illusion: your letters to the editor.
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NewsSRA seeks restraint order on struck-off solicitor
Order would ‘prevent any litigation against the SRA as a body, its officers, representatives and employees’.
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OpinionThe SRA and whistleblowing
The regulator has long encouraged whistleblowing. Now it wants to be recognised as an official body to which a whistleblowing disclosure can be made.
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NewsSRA wants statutory designation to encourage reporting of SLAPPs
Regulator reveals that it is investigating 29 cases brought by 17 firms.
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NewsLSB to seek a budget rise of 9% next year
Solicitors to pay an extra £2.11 a year to fund new projects for the oversight regulator.
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NewsSolicitor jailed for 12 years after private prosecution for fraud
Crown Prosecution Service failed to act despite direction by a High Court judge.
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NewsSRA gets £120,000 grant for work on IT-enabled dispute resolution
Project will 'support people in resolving their legal issues without having to use the courts'.
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NewsExciting opportunities for the SDT
Latest word is the tribunal is looking to relocate within London.
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OpinionTurns out the power-hungry SRA couldn’t be trusted
Regulator had no system in place for reporting larger fines. Yet it went ahead anyway.
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NewsClient ID checks are not enough, SRA says in new sanctions guide
SRA updates guidance on what it expects from firms amid ongoing concerns about firms indirectly helping Russian regime.
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NewsBar chief: regulator should tell LSB to 'butt out'
Mark Fenhalls KC accuses oversight regulator of overreaching and calls for a review.
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NewsSRA issues new warning on solicitors using SLAPPs
Regulatory action likely against any firm threatening claims which are inevitably going to fail.
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NewsSolicitor hit by £15,000 fine as SRA wields new power
First case of regulator flexing its enhanced muscle - but little detail provided.
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NewsSRA finds major flaws with supervision of immigration solicitors
New guidance is being issued to deal with multiple concerns which emerged from the review.
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OpinionSolicitors should not police economic crime
A new addition to the public interest objectives is an attempt to advance specific government policy through regulatory manipulation. It must be resisted.
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NewsSuper regulator backs new crime-fighting mandate
Legal Services Board submits evidence to MPs scrutinising Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill.