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SRA publishes response to the Independent Comparative Case Review

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has today (Tuesday, 3 June) issued its response to Professor Gus John’s Independent Comparative Case Review (ICCR) report, which was published in March this year.

Rob Hailstone June 3, 2014

Racial over-representation ‘an issue’, SRA agrees (LSG)

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has accepted the findings of an independent report showing black and minority ethnic (BME) solicitors to be over-represented in its regulatory activities.

Rob Hailstone June 3, 2014

Medium-sized firms lead way on fee income, profits and PEP (LF)

Law firms with 11 to 25 partners are leading the way out of recession, with rising fee incomes, net profits and a 21% surge in profit per equity partner (PEP),

Rob Hailstone June 3, 2014

Solicitors more diverse than society, profession-wide survey shows (LF)

Solicitors in law firms are slightly more diverse than the rest of society, the results of the profession-wide diversity monitoring undertaken by the Solicitors Regulation Authority have shown.

Rob Hailstone June 3, 2014

CPD reform plan ‘could ruin market for training’ (LSG)

Removing the mandatory requirement for 16 hours of continuing professional development a year could devastate the legal training market as firms cut their spending, the Gazette has been told.

Rob Hailstone June 2, 2014

Conveyancers remain cautious on hiring (LSG)

Conveyancers expect the property boom to continue throughout the year, but they remain cautious about increasing headcount, according to an authoritative market snapshot.

Rob Hailstone June 2, 2014

CPD reform: a ‘race to the bottom’? (LSG)

The existing CPD regime may be ‘tick-box’; but what is likely to replace it is even more so.

Rob Hailstone May 30, 2014

Legal clients suffer in silence, says consumer watchdog (LSG)

Nearly half of individuals dissatisfied with legal services do not complain, the Legal Services Consumer Panel says today.

Rob Hailstone May 30, 2014

Increasing number of clients “can’t be bothered to complain” about their lawyer (LF)

Public awareness of the Legal Ombudsman is continuing to fall, while the number of dissatisfied clients who do not bother to complain is increasing, a survey has found.

Rob Hailstone May 29, 2014

Leading CPD firm ceases trading (LSG)

Progressive Legal Training Ltd announces closure a week after regulator’s announcement that mandatory requirement is to end.

Rob Hailstone May 29, 2014

Help To Buy back in spotlight tomorrow (EAT)

Help to Buy is back in the spotlight with industry observers awaiting a report to be published tomorrow by the Treasury, giving its first breakdown on the take-up of HTB2,

Rob Hailstone May 28, 2014

Ditching CPD (LF)

Julie Brannan, director of education and training at the Solicitors Regulation Authority, explains the rationale for the move from hours-based CPD to ‘continuing competence’.

Rob Hailstone May 28, 2014