SRA to ditch mandatory 16-hour CPD (LSG)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority today pledged to scrap the requirement for solicitors to complete 16 hours of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
SRA set to push ahead with plan to scrap formal CPD scheme (LF)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is pushing ahead with plans to abolish all of the prescriptive requirements around continuing professional development (CPD) and leave it to solicitors and their firms […]
Society to open web system to all conveyancers (LSG)
All conveyancing professionals will have access to the Law Society’s online conveyancing system – so long as they pass due diligence tests equivalent to those in the Society’s Conveyancing Quality […]
Rule change puts COFA heads on the block, says accountant (LSG)
A prominent accountancy firm has warned that compliance officers will have to shoulder extra responsibility if the Solicitors Regulation Authority succeeds in scrapping compulsory accountants’ reports.
Hudson: SRA insurance reform will “destroy high street conveyancing” (LF)
The SRA plans to prevent mortgage lenders from claiming on solicitors’ compulsory indemnity insurance will “destroy high street conveyancing” Law Society CEO Des Hudson says.
Yorkshire Building Society “will not reconsider” ban on unrated insurers (LF)
Yorkshire Building society says it has “no present intention” of reconsidering a ban it has decided to impose on firms with unrated indemnity insurers, even though the SRA decided against […]
LSB to put heat under approved regulators over how they spend practising fees (LF)
The Legal Services Board (LSB) is to tell the approved regulators that they must consult those they regulate about setting the level of practising fees beyond what is needed simply […]
Training declarations to replace hours-based CPD (LF)
Training declarations to replace hours-based CPD (LF) Solicitors will be required to make training declarations on their practicing certificates following the phasing out of hours-based continuing professional development (CPD), the […]