Industry Insights

With the new compliance regime upon us, now is a perfect opportunity for Compliance Officers for Legal Practice (COLPs) to review employment practices and update their staff handbook. The COLP’s [...]

Chris Marston, Head of Professional Practices at Lloyds TSB Commercial, gives an insight into the banker’s mindset, and suggests some strategies for solicitors in their negotiations with the [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

“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 [...]

“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 [...]

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 [...]

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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 [...]