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SRA fines firm £2,000 for £2.5m stamp duty avoidance schemes
Friday, 3 October 2014Leading Surrey firm Mundays has been rebuked and fined £2,000 by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for using stamp duty land tax avoidance schemes which saved clients over £2.5m.
Tags: conveyancing, HMRC, Solicitors Regulation Authority, stamp duty land tax
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
LeO: make conveyancers answer to HMRC for stamp duty failings
Thursday, 8 May 2014The Legal Ombudsman (LeO) has suggested that conveyancers, rather than clients, should answer to HMRC when stamp duty payments fail to arrive.
Tags: complaints, conveyancing, HMRC, Legal Ombudsman, LeO, stamp duty, stamp duty land tax
Posted in Latest news, Legal Ombudsman, Other lawyers, Regulation, Solicitors
SRA warns solicitors off ‘get rich quick’ SDLT and referral fee schemes
Thursday, 6 June 2013The Solicitors Regulation Authority has warned law firms under financial pressure against becoming involved in schemes that “manage” the ban on referral fees or promote “improper” ways to avoid stamp duty land tax.
Tags: personal injury, referral fee ban, Solicitors Regulation Authority, stamp duty land tax
Posted in Latest news, Solicitors
SRA: evidence contradicts “popular myth” that conveyancing is low-value work
Thursday, 14 February 2013The “popular myth” that conveyancing is low value is not borne out by the evidence, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has found. But property work is continuing to cause the regulator problems, with stamp duty land tax schemes and ‘right to buy’ negligence litigation firmly on its radar.
Tags: conveyancing, conveyancing quality scheme, CQS, Lexcel, mortgage fraud, Solicitors Compensation Fund, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Solicitors Regulation Authority, stamp duty land tax
Posted in Latest news, Solicitors
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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
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