All Regulation and compliance articles – Page 6
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NewsIn depth: SSB Law - how regulator failed to defuse timebomb
Carson McDowell’s excoriating verdict on the SRA’s handling of the SSB Law crisis describes multiple missed opportunities to protect vulnerable clients. Yet no one has been held formally accountable.
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NewsSSB victims angry and confused by lack of accountability
Barrister owed £260k calls for SRA board to resign, as it emerges that staff described one complainant as a ‘busybody’.
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NewsSociety issues Mazur guidance - but 'grey areas' remain
Much of the work involved in litigation can still be carried out by non-authorised staff, says Chancery Lane.
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OpinionSSB scandal is worse than Axiom Ince - this time there’s no excuse
A culture of complacency and arrogance has created this self-inflicted mess.
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NewsSRA chair says sorry for SSB failings - but rebuffs calls to quit
Law Society says 'wholesale change' needed at frontline regulator.
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NewsSSB Law: SRA ignored red flags for five years, damning report finds
More than 100 reports were made about potential misconduct but systemic failings prevented SRA from taking earlier action.
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NewsBan for trainee who helped brother evade murder prosecution
Conveyancing worker did not tell law firm of her conviction for assisting an offender.
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NewsTop Liverpool solicitor rebuked over £37,000 payments to prisoners
Warnings not to allow client account to be used as banking facility were ignored, SRA notice reveals.
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NewsCILEx Regulation fast-tracks bid for litigation rights as LSB steps in
Frontline regulators met last week to discuss ways to end uncertainty over High Court decision in Mazur.
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NewsSolicitor fights off SRA but still has to pay £11,000 costs
Partner even had a character reference from affected client, but tribunal says case was properly brought.
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NewsRegulators urged to help legal executives escape Mazur nightmare
Practitioners say job cuts have already started as firms react to seismic judgment.
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NewsSolicitor who hid case collapse for 10 years admits lies
Clinical negligence practitioner talked about getting medical reports for case that had long since ended.
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News£700 motor finance compensation a 'kick in the teeth', lawyers say
Average compensation from FCA scheme is likely to be less than car buyers were first told.
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NewsLaw firm hits back at accusations of profiting from Mazur
Legal executives say CILEX is still misleading members about authority to conduct litigation.
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NewsManager from failed firm barred by the SRA
Owner of Liverpool firm High Street Solicitors and its successor practice failed to disclose winding up petition.
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NewsTell clients about potential exit fees, SRA orders firms
SRA joins with Financial Conduct Authority in its campaign against misleading marketing.
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NewsSRA to pay £27,000 over wrongful dishonesty charge
Tribunal rejects suggestion that SRA adjudicators acted independently of regulator.
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NewsLeaked webinar reveals CILEX members were misled pre-Mazur
Legal executives talk of being disheartened and embarrassed as cases taken away from them.
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NewsCILEX defends its messaging to members over litigation rights
Professional body says it understands frustration of legal executives but offers no apology.
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NewsLaw Society wades in on Mazur - but SRA still silent
Profession needs clarity on statutory boundaries for conducting litigation, Chancery Lane says.