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Reserved activities rule removed after SRA assurance that it is not looking to regulate the unregulated
Wednesday, 10 February 2016Law firms no longer need to carry out reserved activities in order to be regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority – but the regulator has offered assurances that it will not seek to bring the currently unregulated into its net as a form of quasi-accreditation.
Tags: Legal Services Board, reserved activities, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Legal Services Act, Legal Services Board, Regulation, Solicitors
Law Society: “Piecemeal” SRA reforms could create “perverse incentives”
Tuesday, 16 June 2015The Law Society has launched a sustained attack on plans by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to introduce third-party accounts, allow referral fees in legal aid cases and remove the requirement on firms to carry out reserved activities.
Tags: client accounts, Law Society, referral fees, reserved activities, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
Little interest from solicitors in third-party client accounts, survey suggests
Wednesday, 3 June 2015Only 5% of solicitors would be interested in transferring their client accounts to a third party, a survey of firms in the south east has suggested. The SRA is consulting on whether to allow the move.
Tags: referral fees, reserved activities, Solicitors Regulation Authority, third-party accounts
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
Why be a solicitor?
Monday, 12 April 2010Why be a solicitor? That is a question that will be asked ever more frequently in the coming years when you could become a legal executive or a licensed conveyancer and, in all likelihood, enjoy most if not all of the same rights and privileges as solicitors.
Tags: Council for Licensed Conveyancers, ILEX, reserved activities
Posted in Blog
Licensed conveyancers seek litigation rights
Tuesday, 16 February 2010The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) is set to apply to the Legal Services Board for the power to grant rights of audience and rights to conduct litigation to licensed conveyancers. It is part of a package of measures aimed at putting the CLC in the position to apply to become an alternative business structures licensing authority.
Tags: licensed conveyancers, reserved activities, rights of audience
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Other lawyers, Regulation
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Keeping the conversation going beyond Pride Month
As I reflect on all the celebrations of Pride Month 2024, I ask myself why there remains hesitancy amongst LGBTQ+ staff members about when it comes to being open about their identity in the workplace.
Third-party managed accounts: Your key questions answered
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has given strong indications that it is headed towards greater restrictions on law firms when it comes to handling client money.
Understanding vicarious trauma in the legal workplace
Vicarious trauma can happen to anyone who works with clients who have experienced trauma such as domestic or other violence, child abuse, sexual assault, torture or being a refugee.
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