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An overview of the SRA COLP and COFA Conference 2013
On 16 October 2013 the SRA held its first conference for law firm Compliance Officers, entitled “The key to compliance”, at the NEC in Birmingham. Around 500 delegates – mainly COLPs [...]
Hot Topic – Financial Stability say the SRA
When the SRA launched its “Risk Outlook” in July there was no doubt that the most significant risk identified was financial difficulty/stability. At the heart of the matter is [...]
Legal Service Board Alternative Business Structures Survey 2013 – Headline Figures
Over the summer the Legal Service Board (LSB) conducted a survey of the 193 Alternative Business Structures (ABS) licence holders (38 CLC and the remainder SRA). The survey set out to gather [...]
ABS application success! Tyndallwoods Solicitors
On 31 July 2013, Edgbaston-based firm Tyndallwoods Solicitors became the latest Alternative Business Structure (ABS) to be authorised by the SRA. The new structure means that the firm can bring [...]
Personal Injury inducements. Where do you stand COLP?
The SRA’s decision not to ban Personal Injury inducements and incentives has put the cat amongst the pigeons, hasn’t it? And now APIL’s Chief Executive, Deborah Evans, has [...]
SRA risk outlook: Why every COLP and COFA should take note
On 2 July the SRA risk outlook 2013 was unveiled at a launch event in Birmingham. The regulator describes the SRA risk outlook as being the final piece in the jigsaw to accompany the Regulatory [...]
Ray Kurzweil keynote at #lawtechfutures2013
If you have a bit of time over the weekend, this video of futurologist Ray Kurzweil speaking at the recent “Future of Legal Technology” event is highly recommended. See also [...]
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Seven tips for COLPs to conduct file reviews
File reviews are an important part of that supervision system – nobody has yet devised a better way to quickly and effectively monitor files. Here are our seven tips to help COLPs conduct [...]
Must-read new guidance for COLP and COFA
On 22 April 2013 the SRA published new guidance to Chapter 7 of the Code of Conduct 2011. It focuses on financial stability issues which – in the light of recent high profile business [...]
Pension auto-enrolment – are you supposed to be ‘in’?
Louise Price, Employment Law partner at Hugh James, gives us an overview of the pension auto-enrolment requirements. Are you prepared? According to the government adverts, we’re all ‘in’ on the [...]
