All Regulation and compliance articles – Page 98
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NewsClients 'lack confidence' to complain about their lawyer
Legal watchdog also wary of 'fragmentation' of the market leading to greater confusion about protection.
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NewsLondon firm shut down over dishonesty suspicions
Two managers also subject to SRA intervention into Malik Law Chambers.
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NewsSRA opens 'safe space' for firms wanting to push boundaries
Waiver policy to be extended for practitioners seeking to innovate.
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NewsSuper-regulator: Legal aid is a matter for parliament, not us
Legal Services Board says it is not in a position to understand or comment on trade-offs involved in allocating tax revenues.
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NewsJustify your PPI fees or face action, SRA warns
Regulator says many firms are routintely charging fees of more than 25% of client damages, despite being told that anything above 15% is likely to be considered unreasonable.
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NewsOmbudsman costs jump £1.8m ahead of 20% increase in workload
Complaints chief says organisation ‘under no illusions’ about scale of challenges.
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NewsSRA offers accused solicitor £7,500 for tribunal representation
Alexis Maitland Hudson warned that hearing will go ahead with or without closing statement.
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NewsHacked firm says client and staff details spread on Twitter
Matter reported to the SRA and criminal investigators after latest hack attempt.
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OpinionWe can forgive a nurse serious mistakes. How about solicitors?
One regulator is prepared to look at ability to practise, rather than mistakes. It’s food for thought for the conflicted SRA.
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NewsSuper-exam gets provisional green light as LSB defies opposition
Oversight regulator says SRA will have to make further applications to introduce new route to qualification.
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NewsLaw Society hits out at regulator's 'demolition' of client protections
Chancery Lane says plans outlined in SRA consultation on indemnity insurance and the compensation fund are ‘utterly misguided’.
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NewsInns to retain 'essential role' in bar training
Bar regulator backtracks on proprosals to limit role played by the four Inns of Court.
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OpinionWhy there’s nothing wrong in gold-plating trust in solicitors
Consumers should not be driven away by expensive rules, but don’t underestimate the lure of reassurance.
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NewsFirms on notice after collapse of indemnity insurer
Around 200 England and Wales firms are covered by the Dublin-registered company.
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NewsFirm denies wrongdoing after failed sickness claim prompts report to SRA
Tour operator says case ‘raises serious and obvious ethical and legal questions’, but north west firm denies any wrongdoing.
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NewsScotland bids to regulate cross-border firms and attract legal business
Law Society of Scotland considering applying to the Legal Services Board to be an authorised regulator.
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NewsSolicitor fined after merger uncovered colleagues' misconduct
Former principal Sheldon Leaman had no idea that improper transfers were taking place.
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NewsFirms appoint anti-money laundering chiefs as quango looms
Firms have been required to appoint a compliance officer to prepare for new anti-money laundering regulations.
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NewsShelve super-exam for six months, say MPs
Justice committee writes to Legal Services Board warning of damage to UK’s reputation.
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News‘Stand up and be counted’ to halt Handbook reforms – Law Society
Rule changes could undermine confidence in solicitors both at home and abroad, Blacklaws says.