SRA needs to gain trust of small firms (LSG)
The SRA has produced more recondite material in the last three years than Lord Jackson has probably seen in a lifetime.
Consumer credit switch will cost law firms dear – Society (LSG)
Chancery Lane has written to local law societies warning solicitors about the potentially damaging consequences for hundreds of firms of changes to regulation of consumer credit work.
SRA ready to contact uninsured firms again (LSG)
The S R A will try again next week to contact firms who have not renewed indemnity insurance.
SRA uncovers “genuinely shocking” money laundering by law firms (LF)
Some “genuinely shocking” cases of money laundering by law firms are currently going through the disciplinary system, a senior manager at the SRA has warned the profession.
LSB declines to cut minimum PII cover (LSG)
The profession’s oversight regulator has refused plans to reduce the minimum level of PII cover to £500,000.
SRA to consult profession and public on ethical values (LF)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is planning a major consultation on ethical values with the profession and the public next summer.
Parliament clears way for legal executive law firms (LF)
Chartered legal executives will be able to set up their own law firms in the New Year – a move that ILEX Professional Standards (IPS) said would for the first […]
Become a Land Registry research volunteer
Land Registry’s Customer & Market Insight Team is looking to recruit customers to join a research pool.
SRA pledges new focus on helping small firms (LSG)
The S R A has vowed to end the perception it is indifferent to small firms with a host of new policy initiatives.
When you Reach the End of your Rope, Tie a Knot and Hang On” (Mark Riddick)
“I thought I would finish this three part story with a summary of what I believe are the ingredients of successful entrepreneurship.”
Labour defeated in House of Lords (EAT)
Peers failed to back Labour’s amendments to the Consumer Rights Bill in the House of Lords on Monday evening.
Non-lawyers and clients set pace in legal market (LF)
Expertise from outside the profession is becoming a vital part of the success of law firms and clients are increasingly dictating the pace of change in the legal services market, […]