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The SRA Transparency Rules require solicitors to publish price information on their websites in the following practice areas: Residential conveyancing Probate Motoring offences Immigration [...]

  Legal Ombudsman commits to publishing full decisions The Legal Ombudsman (LeO) revealed in a discussion paper that it intends to press ahead with controversial plans to publish full [...]

Law Society rings the alarm bell over PII renewal The recent Law Society press release (reported in the Gazette and Legal Futures) has caused a certain amount of discomfort ahead of the new [...]

Unforeseen circumstances such as the compliance officer’s death, incapacity, cessation of employment, long-term illness or leave, or furlough can result in a firm ceasing to have a COLP or COFA.  [...]

  Be warned: SRA starts fining firms for Transparency Rules breaches We have seen our first example of a firm being sanctioned by the SRA for a breach of the Transparency Rules. The decision [...]

1. How long does the ABS application process take? About three months, sometimes less, from the time we submit an application. The secret to a smooth authorisation is putting together a [...]

Why are our junior lawyers being struck off? Seeing all the recent disciplinary decisions involving junior lawyers is really sad. If you read the disciplinary section of these newsletters, you [...]

Download the free Shieldpay white paper on using TPMAs in property transactions You have probably read about Third Party Managed Accounts in the legal press. But what are they, exactly? How do [...]

Professional Indemnity Insurance Update – an interview with Gary Horswell of specialist insurance brokers, Ntegrity. Everyone knows that the insurance market looks a lot different to the [...]

I recently chatted with Karen Eckstein about the risk issues that law firms need to consider right now as we prepare for a post-lockdown business world. Karen has spent 30 years advising [...]