Dysfunction at the SRA by Andrew Hopper QC
In 2011 the Solicitors Regulation Authority adopted a new Code of Conduct and a completely new approach to regulation, called “outcomes-focused regulation” or OFR. OFR is a sophisticated form of [...]
Firms risk missing COLPs and COFAs approvals deadline, warns SRA
Several hundred firms could start the New Year without having their compliance officers in place, the SRA Executive Director with overall responsibility for the appointment of these key roles, [...]
Compliance tasks to complete before 1st January 2013
Number 1 – Analyse the business, its risks and compliance gaps – if changes are required prioritise the high risk areas. Number 2 – Write a compliance plan and agree it at top [...]
Regulatory compliance for solicitors Part 2: Compliance planning [COLP and COFA]
“In the second part in this series looking at the new regulatory regime for law firms, compliance specialist Jonathon Bray offers some valuable insight and practical compliance planning [...]
Referral fees ban in personal injury cases (COLP and COFA)
“The Government is implementing the primary recommendations contained in Lord Justice Jackson’s Review of Civil Litigation Costs, including in particular a fundamental reform of ‘no win no [...]
Compliance is key, says Andrew Garbutt, Director of Risk at the Solicitors Regulation Authority
Firms who co-operate and actively engage with their regulator will reap the benefits, says the Solicitor’s Regulation Authority (SRA). A year on from the introduction of outcomes-focused [...]
COLP and COFA Newsletter October 2012
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As easy as A-B-S [ABS applications]
Click here for a copy of an article on ABS applications which Jonathon was recently interviewed for. This article appears in the latest edition of Leeds and Yorkshire Lawyer magazine, the [...]
Regulatory compliance for solicitors Part 1 – the key regulatory themes [COLP and COFA]
Click here for a free copy of our article: “Regulatory compliance for solicitors Part 1 – the key regulatory themes”, which will be of particular interest to COLPs and COFAs. [...]
Risk management for lawyers [COLP and COFA]
This post originally appeared on the EQMS website. Jonathon Bray discusses the benefits of effective risk management in the context of SRA-regulated law firms. He argues that firms need [...]
