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In October 2017, solicitors will make their first declaration that they have ‘reflected on and addressed any identified learning and development needs’. Continuing professional development (CPD) is the latest aspect of solicitors’ lives to convert to an outcomes-focused approach, under the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)’s continuing competence regime.
While the previous requirement to complete 16 hours of training had a certain virtue of simplicity and ease-of-proof, it was undoubtedly open to abuse. It is no urban myth that yawning personal injury lawyers could be found at the back of a conference room, catching up on the cricket while their property lawyer colleagues got stuck into the finer points of dealing with unregistered property.
