All Regulation and compliance articles – Page 126
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NewsSolicitors set for new guidance on complaints
Only a quarter of people approaching the Legal Ombudsman discovered the service through their lawyer.
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NewsManagers fined over legal aid disbursement misconduct
Three admit ‘fundamental and unacceptable error’.
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NewsLaw Society issues guidance on new CPD scheme
The guidance aims to help solicitors comply with the new requirements.
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NewsLSB not opposed to full-scale legal market probe
Competition and Markets Authority on the verge of an in-depth investigation into the sector.
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NewsRapist banned from working in legal profession
SRA rules on claims handler convicted in April 2013.
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NewsLay your complaints record bare, says legal watchdog
Legal Services Consumer Panel calls for publication of data on prices, quality and complaints.
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NewsSRA’s trust exercise ‘far removed’ from our world, say City lawyers
City of London Law Society criticises scenarios used to help form the regulator’s ‘reference framework’ .
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NewsSociety warns SRA on disciplinary decisions
Regulator ‘should not seek to influence’ sanctions, says Chancery Lane.
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News‘Novel and contentious’ payments continue to dog Legal Ombudsman
Auditor qualifies 2014-15 accounts on grounds of ‘irregular’ expenditure.
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OpinionLSB: a response to Jonathan Goldsmith
LSB chair responds to yesterday’s Comment piece by Jonathan Goldsmith on the role of the board in liberalising the market for legal services.
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NewsFCA to consult on in-house accountability
Financial Conduct Authority to consult on whether ‘senior managers regime’ should include those responsible for legal affairs.
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NewsBSB signals support for independent regulators
Bar regulator says separation would create more transparency.
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OpinionShould the LSB chair resign?
If the government effectively seizes the wheel of the super-regulator, does that not signal a lack of confidence in its leader?
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NewsCMC regulator reports sharp decrease in PI specialists
Four financial penalties were issued in the fourth quarter of 2015, with 51 warnings issued.
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NewsFewer requests for dormant client money
Solicitors can withdraw residual balances of £500 or less without regulator's permission.
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NewsSociety clashes with SRA over potential split
Regulator says only a formal split will reassure the public. But Chancery Lane hits back, accusing the regulator of seeming to ‘devalue’ the profession.
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NewsSuper-regulator makes business case for 2016/17
Legal Services Board opens consultation on business plan – ahead of two external reviews.
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NewsSRA ‘seen to prefer’ the word of solicitors in handling complaints
More than 100 people complained about the SRA’s handling of their case in the first nine months of 2015.
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FeatureEducation and training: passing muster?
The SRA has set out a radical blueprint to overhaul the education of aspiring solicitors, but many in the profession fear the reforms will dilute standards.
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NewsSolicitors urged to embrace CMA review of legal services
The Competition and Markets Authority last week announced that it will examine ‘long-standing concerns’ about the affordability of civil legal services.