SRA responds to the LSB’s vision for reform
The Solicitors Regulation has welcomed the publication of the Legal Services Board’s vision for legislative reform.
Chancery Lane hits out at code of conduct reform plan (LSG)
The Law Society has formally expressed its opposition to Solicitors Regulation Authority plans to allow solicitors to work for firms outside its regulation.
Scrap the SRA and create a single regulator, says LSB (LSG)
Radical plans to create a single legal services regulator and potentially overhaul the title of solicitor are unveiled by the Legal Services Board yesterday.
Comparison sites need access to firms’ past mistakes – SRA chief (LSG)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has vowed to press ahead with plans to disseminate more information about firms’ and solicitors’ past mistakes.
SDT strikes off solicitor for registering property for £10,000 below sale price (LF)
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has struck off a solicitor who colluded with his non-solicitor employee wife, an estate agent, to misappropriate £10,000 after submitting to the Land Registry that a […]
Insurance premiums down by up to 20% (LSG)
solicitors buying professional indemnity insurance are enjoying the softest market for years, with quoted premiums down by up to 20%.
New legal firms set to top 1,000 this year (LSG)
More than 1,000 new solicitor firms will be created in 2016, official statistics suggest, a 30% increase on the last two years.
Scrap the SRA and create a single regulator, says LSB (LSG)
Radical plans to create a single legal services regulator and potentially overhaul the title of solicitor are unveiled by the Legal Services Board today.
Santander Add to List of Acceptable New Home Warranty Schemes (IC)
By way of and adjustment to their CML Handbook Part 2 instructions Santander have added to their list of acceptable new home warranty schemes.
Connect2Law is reborn as an ABS and buys Contact Law (LF)
One-time network Connect2Law (has been reborn as an alternative business structure that has acquired leading referral business Contact Law.
Law Society goes to war on SRA code of conduct reform (LF)
The Law Society has issued a damning critique of the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s proposals for a streamlined code of conduct and – to a lesser extent – its planned overhaul […]
599 Complaints made to the Land Registry in 3-month period (TC)
Information received from the Land Registry through a Freedom of Information request, the body recorded 599 complaints in the period from April 2016 – June 2016.