Firms face new hurdle for credit work (LSG)
Firms carrying out debt recovery work or advising family clients on divorce settlements may have to be authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under new proposals.
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door” – Part One (EAT)
Lots of opportunities come knocking if we are receptive (i.e. we have built a door).
£15,000.00 in cash, in my briefcase! (EAT)
As Max Bygraves used to say, “I wanna tell you a story.”
Regulators will work together on alternatives to client accounts (LF)
Frontline regulators are to collaborate on identifying business models that will avoid lawyers holding client money.
Be ready for money laundering investigation, firms warned (LSG)
Firms need to have anti-money laundering measures in place before international enforcers take a fresh look at the UK legal profession.
Conveyancing to go online under veyo name (LSG)
Residential conveyancing in England and Wales will go online next spring via a Law Society-backed website called Veyo, the company behind the venture reveals.
SRA invites compliance officers to share its thinking (SRA)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is inviting compliance officers to register for its free annual conference, designed to support delegates in their roles by providing an update on changes to […]
Keynote address reinforces SRA’s commitment to reform
Jane Furniss, Board member and Chair of the SRA’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, was the keynote speaker at a LexisNexis and Black Solicitors Network (BSN) event in London last […]
Law firms “increasingly worried” by threat of ABSs and non-solicitor competitors (LF)
Competition from alternative business structures (ABSs) and non-solicitor organisations is of increasing concern to law firms, Law Society research has revealed.
Survey to test legal regulation costs ‘hypothesis’ (LSG)
The oversight regulator of legal services is to survey the profession to test what it calls the ‘hypothesis’ that regulation is too costly.
Solicitors Journal Property Focus 2014
A round-up of the latest in property law news and practice.
Keynote address reinforces SRA’s commitment to reform (SRA)
The Chair outlined the SRA’s work in improving its approach to regulation as outlined in its Regulatory Reform programme published in May. She also made reference to work being done […]