by Rob | Dec 1, 2014 | News
As Chancellor George Osborne prepares his Autumn Statement to be delivered on Wednesday, a new survey shows changes to stamp duty are urgently wanted by the public as well as estate agents.
by Rob | Dec 1, 2014 | News
The SRA has produced more recondite material in the last three years than Lord Jackson has probably seen in a lifetime.
by Rob | Dec 1, 2014 | News
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.
by Rob | Dec 1, 2014 | News
The S R A will try again next week to contact firms who have not renewed indemnity insurance.
by Rob | Nov 28, 2014 | News
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.
by Rob | Nov 27, 2014 | News
The profession’s oversight regulator has refused plans to reduce the minimum level of PII cover to £500,000.
by Rob | Nov 27, 2014 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is planning a major consultation on ethical values with the profession and the public next summer.
by Rob | Nov 27, 2014 | News
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 time also give solicitors’ firms a choice of regulator, and that the government said would help consumers...
by Rob | Nov 26, 2014 | News
Land Registry’s Customer & Market Insight Team is looking to recruit customers to join a research pool.
by Rob | Nov 26, 2014 | News
The S R A has vowed to end the perception it is indifferent to small firms with a host of new policy initiatives.
by Rob | Nov 26, 2014 | News
“I thought I would finish this three part story with a summary of what I believe are the ingredients of successful entrepreneurship.”
by Rob | Nov 26, 2014 | News
Peers failed to back Labour’s amendments to the Consumer Rights Bill in the House of Lords on Monday evening.
by Rob | Nov 26, 2014 | News
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, a panel of senior non-lawyer industry experts has said.
by Rob | Nov 26, 2014 | News
Online legal training company Datalaw has secured a six-figure investment from a northern venture capital fund and promised to quadruple the number of its continuous professional development (CPD) courses over the next 12 months.
by Rob | Nov 25, 2014 | News
The Law Society has withdrawn a controversial practice note giving guidance on sharia succession principles following critical feedback, it announced.
by Rob | Nov 24, 2014 | News
The SRA has unveiled plans to tear up the separate business rule that prevents law firms having links with businesses offering non-reserved legal activities.
by Rob | Nov 24, 2014 | News
“Veyo not only covers the entire chain comprehensively, securely and quickly, but most importantly it’s unique because it allows conveyancers on both sides of the transaction to communicate in real time with each other, their clients and other stakeholders in...
by Rob | Nov 24, 2014 | News
Lawyers expect the opening up of the legal market to lead to more multi-disciplinary professional services companies, offering consultancy, business and legal advice, research has shown
by Rob | Nov 24, 2014 | News
Law firms should be able to provide accountancy and other services without setting up separate businesses to help them compete with alternative business structures, the SRA has proposed.
by Rob | Nov 24, 2014 | News
The local government funding crisis will spur a new wave of transformation and innovation in legal departments.
