MoJ to forge ahead with legal regulator separation from Law Society Sarah Downey The Ministry of Justice is set to forge ahead with separating legal regulators from their representative bodies, and has revealed…
Phone hacking fallout continues as Farrers reputation head faces prosecution by SRA Legal Business The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is set to prosecute Farrer & Co‘s head of reputation management, Julian Pike, over allegations…
‘There is now an opportunity’: SRA appeals to government for independence from Law Society Legal Business The thorny issue over whether to grant the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) full independence from the Law Society continues to…
‘Challenges ahead’: Ashurst litigation veteran Ed Sparrow takes on top CLLS job Madeleine Farman Ashurst litigation veteran Ed Sparrow has taken on the chairman post at the City of London of Law Society (CLLS),…
Law Society weighs in on Senior Managers Regime, warns of conflict risk to in-house privilege Legal Business Already a contentious issue among financial companies pledging to tackle poor working cultures, the Senior Managers Regime, which holds executives…
Guest post: How years of frustration have led to the LSB’s vision for a single regulator Guest Blog The Legal Services Board’s (LSB) vision for the future of legal regulation reflects the build-up of years of frustration.
A unified approach: LSB proposes scrapping the SRA in favour of one all-powerful legal regulator Legal Business The Legal Services Board (LSB) has proposed an overhaul of legal services regulation that it hopes will bring about its…
Record length SDT hearing expected for Leigh Day solicitors under fire for British Army claims Legal Business Partners from Leigh Day are set to face a seven week Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal hearing over claims that the British…
Douglas to step down as CLLS boss ahead of new era of legal regulation Legal Business Alasdair Douglas will step down as chair of the City of London Law Society (CLLS) later this year as the…
Turf wars continue as SRA reiterates need for separation from Law Society in response to Treasury money laundering regime Legal Business In its latest plea for independence, The Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) is making its case for separation from the Law…
‘Work to do’: LSB chides SRA for IT failures and poor enforcement in legal regulators review Legal Business The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has been criticised in a Legal Services Board (LSB) report for its failures in its…
Lost in translation – can regulators respond to the rise of in-house? Legal Business As the SRA prepares to overhaul its handbook, we ask whether its new focus on in-house will be enough to…
Partner fined after failing to report ‘serious financial difficulties’ to regulator Legal Business A former partner of now defunct firm Tracey Barlow Furniss & Co has admitted he failed to report his firm’s…
From Chancery Lane to Waterloo – it’s time for the Law Society’s levy to go Multiple Authors There is a reason that the slogan ‘No taxation without representation’ has echoed through history. The rally cry of the…
DLA Piper media partner West to go to SDT over sexist email exchange with Premier League boss Legal Business About 18 months after sexist email exchanges between DLA Piper partner Nick West and a client were leaked, the Solicitors…
Bringing it in-house: SRA to review litigation panel as regulator assesses internal function Legal Business The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), which is already keeping some firms busy with work as it bids for independence from…
‘This is going to blow up’: tensions rise between the Law Society and the SRA as regulator seeks formal split Legal Business The ongoing dispute between the Law Society and the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has escalated after a row broke out…
‘Need to secure value for money and quality’: industry groups welcome competition probe into legal market Legal Business In a move welcomed by industry groups, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into the legal…
‘Slow evolution’: Government plans further shakeup of legal regulation to encourage alternative providers Legal Business The government is to kick off a new consultation in spring 2016, part of which will be on making legal…
Free agents: SRA could allow solicitors to practise outside regulated firms Legal Business As part of yet another review of how it manages the profession, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is mulling a…
