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Version 15 of the SRA Handbook includes various updates to the Authorisation Rules. Buried deep in the guidance note to Rule 8 is this new pointer for law firms’ COLP and COFA: The [...]

What are the main changes currently being considered by the SRA? The current SRA consultation considers the indemnity insurance rules and compensation fund. Changes are being considered to the [...]

A packed audience attended the annual Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Compliance Conference last week to hear more about the regulator’s current and future focus. Money laundering was a [...]

With the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) highlighting the legal sector as being ‘high risk’ for money laundering, it stands to reason that it is also one of the eight risks cited in the SRA’s [...]

We are pleased to share more ABS news – RM Company Services, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of company information have, with our help, successfully navigated the SRA authorisation [...]

Client confidentiality is not a new thing – it has always been there – it is a core professional responsibility. However, in an ever increasing IT focused world, the dangers and potential risk of [...]

With duties owed to the courts, clients, third parties and the wider public interest, it is not difficult to see why the ethics of litigation can be such a difficult area for lawyers, and one [...]

Small firms are stressed by […] the regulatory regime + the ruinous financial penalty of failing to comply #COLP http://t.co/4a9VbI5B9H — Jonathon Bray (@Jonathon_Bray) September 24, 2015