All SSB Law articles
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NewsSSB Law directors disqualified for dishonesty and recklessness
Multiple failures and deliberate policy decisions left clients of defunct Sheffield claims firm facing ruinous costs bills.
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NewsCall for intelligence hub to 'prevent another SSB Law'
Legal Services Consumer Panel member says the SRA must change its 'culture of complacency'.
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OpinionSRA failures – planning for the aftermath
‘Just sort it out!’ is a reasonable request for the profession to make of the Law Society. But there is a chasm between what many would like the Society to do, and what it can actually do.
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NewsSRA planning 'more intrusion' into law firms in wake of SSB debacle
Firms may be questioned on the types of work they do, their reliance on certain practice areas and arrangements with litigation funders.
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OpinionAn open letter to the SRA from an SSB Law whistleblower
SRA chair Anna Bradley favours continuity at the top, but this simply won’t do.
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OpinionSSB saga has proved the case for radical regulatory reform
It is tempting to look at SSB in isolation and cast aspersions, but there is a wider picture here.
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NewsWe need continuity of leadership, says SRA chair after damning SSB report
SRA now looking to be ‘more intrusive’ to spot risks at an earlier stage.
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OpinionA culture of inertia
Incoming SRA chief executive Sarah Rapson will need to get to grips with the organisation’s cultural flaws as soon as she arrives.
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NewsSRA leaders face the music at annual conference
More than 1,000 compliance officers will be in Birmingham tomorrow.
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NewsSSB scandal exposes 'systemic shortcomings', says consumer watchdog
Regulatory framework 'does not prevent harm' and must be reformed, declares Legal Services Consumer Panel.
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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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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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NewsDemand for answers as SSB Law clients have loan debts cancelled
Former clients say they had no idea they were signing up to high-interest loans.
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NewsSRA ready to move on SSB prosecutions
Regulator issues disciplinary notices following investigation into cavity wall claims handling.
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NewsSSB administration set to run into 2026
Debts of more than £200m set to be largely unpaid, say administrators.
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NewsSSB chief barred from being involved in CFA claims
Limits placed on Jeremy Brooke’s practising certficate following cavity wall claims firm’s collapse.