Industry Insights

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

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.  [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

If and when you are preparing to return to the office, it is important that you do so in a way that meets your health & safety obligations and the government’s guidance on working [...]

Those of you who read our newsletter and blog regularly (love you both!) will know that I have had a bee in my bonnet about SRA guidance and the new Standards and Regulations for the past year or [...]

The SRA first issued its guidance on client care letters on 23 July 2019 in advance of the new SRA Rules on 25 November 2019. The guidance comes amid the regulator’s concerns that some [...]

It’s finally here, launch day for the SRA Standards and Regulations. Are you ready with your party poppers and fanfare? The new rules have been talked about ad nauseam over the last few [...]