All Regulation and compliance articles – Page 119
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OpinionSeparation of powers, US-style
How a case involving dentists complicates the debate about splitting regulation from representation.
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NewsLSB outrage over IBA claim it is government-controlled
Chief executive says super-regulator takes decisions ‘without fear or favour from government’.
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OpinionLaw firms need cash to compete
External investment could transform the UK legal market within five years.
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FeatureEducation and training: take solicitors’ word for it
As ‘continuing competence’ becomes the mandatory professional development mantra, can the SRA just accept a solicitor’s pledge that they have put in the necessary work?
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NewsLeO: Handbook overhaul will ‘confuse’ clients
Complaints-handler joins multiple critics of SRA proposals to reform practising rules.
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NewsSRA will shut law firms over ‘dubious’ investment schemes
Firms warned over using banking services through client accounts.
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NewsJudge suggests ex-client could claim against defunct Blavo
Blavo & Co should have properly advised client before closing, tribunal hears.
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NewsIBA 2016: legal independence in E&W under attack
Political attacks on lawyers and regulators answerable to government – two of the warning signs highlighted in major report.
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NewsUse correct grammar, BSB tells newly qualified barristers
Recommendation comes in revised version of competences for practitioners.
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NewsCity savages SRA over handbook changes
As Brexit looms, City solicitors berate proposals which could ’damage the reputation of English law’ at a time when our jurisdiction is vulnerable.
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OpinionSRA 'jumping the gun'?
New vision for regulation should worry junior lawyers, says JLD chair Leanne Maund.
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OpinionThe impact of the IBA
What good is the International Bar Association to a criminal legal aid solicitor in Rotherham?
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OpinionOne size does not fit all
The big four’s successful business model relies on the cross-selling of products.
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NewsPublic opposed to SRA handbook proposals
Ipsos-Mori survey shows the public likely to be overwhelmingly opposed to removal of key client protections.
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Opinion
Unclear on transparency
How much more transparent can solicitors be? We have always been required to give clients an estimate of likely costs at the outset.
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NewsTop-tier barristers set creates BSB entity
6 Pump Court originally designed entity to focus on criminal legal aid work.
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NewsLawyers aghast at SRA plans to lift cold-calling ban
Rule on unsolicited calls would disappear from the code of conduct under plans to drastically slim down the handbook.
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NewsFirm helped clients avoid £1.3m stamp duty payments
Gloucestershire firm BPE Solicitors agrees to regulatory settlement following SRA investigation.
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NewsCompensation fund payouts tumble by £5.9m in a year
The number of claims coming into the fund also falls, from 1,842 in 2014 to 1,174 last year.