All Regulation and compliance articles – Page 95
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NewsPractice reforms: consumer watchdog urges SRA to take responsibility
Relaxing the rules to allow solicitors to practise in unregulated businesses must be accompanied by more information, says the Legal Services Consumer Panel.
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OpinionMore choice, less protection. How does that benefit consumers?
Some clients who expect the safeguards that come with instructing a solicitor are going to be disappointed.
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NewsChancery Lane brands green light for freelance solicitors 'a serious error'
Concerns about client protection are played down as handbook changes are approved.
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NewsSRA insists avoiding conveyancing conflict 'fundamental' as firm fined £2k
Greater Manchester practice admits systems did not work in handful of cases.
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NewsOne month to go: countdown on price publishing rules
Firms also told they can download ‘digital badge’ which will itself become mandatory.
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NewsFirms helped with publishing prices as transparency deadline looms
Law Society practice note offers guidance for how firms can be compliant.
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OpinionNDAs and burdens of being a gatekeeper
The use of NDAs in an employment setting raises that modern scourge of our profession: decision-makers wanting to get at our clients’ behaviour through us.
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NewsHigh-profile Midlands firm enters administration after director banned
Unnamed buyer found for ambitious and acquisitive DBS Law following failure of CVA to settle debts.
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NewsLeigh Day in the clear as High Court throws out SRA appeal
Ruling likely to bring an end to epic prosecution over Iraqi claims which has cost at least £9m so far.
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News'What about quality?' Consumer watchdog bemoans focus on prices
Legal Services Consumer Panel says clients may be misled into equating high prices with better quality.
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NewsHarassment reports to SRA double in seven months
Regulator pledges to update guidance over settlement agreements and unfair contract terms.
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NewsSRA mulls new 'test' for solicitor advocates
Regulator says it has received reports of solicitors acting ’beyond their competence’.
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NewsNo-deal Brexit would halt European lawyer scheme overnight, says SRA
Regulator says it is working with government to ensure transition period runs as smoothly as possible.
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NewsLord Chancellor v Blavo: 'a number of explanations' for similarities in files
Closing submissions in the High Court claim over £22m in legal aid payments.
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NewsSRA flexes muscles as four banned from profession
Breaches of confidentiality and forging a colleague’s signature among the misconduct reported.
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NewsPatient details in Blavo & Co files 'pretty much identical', court told
Former partner quizzed on the third day of a High Court hearing into 'second largest mental health firm', which was shut down in 2015.
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NewsRelaxed rules prompt conveyancers to jump the SRA ship
Insurance requirement changes mean firms can now switch regulators more easily.
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NewsRevealed: firms that are allowed to operate outside solicitor rules
The SRA’s ‘safe space’ was extended in July - and the regulator has now started to publish details of applicants successful since then.