Ethics and Compliance

Articles

16 Jul 2020

Law Society to examine BAME under-representation

The Law Society is launching virtual roundtable discussions to explore why BAME solicitors are under-represented at the senior level 

8 Jul 2020

Unrepresented

Litigants in person are getting a raw deal. Catherine Baksi reports

1 Jul 2020

Don't bank on it

Firms can inadvertently provide banking facilities in breach of the rules, as Max Masters and Merete Poulson explain

30 Jun 2020

Three-pronged approach to profession's recovery launched by Law Society

A new campaign to help the  profession play its part in the country' economic recovery from the pandemic has been launched by the Law Society

24 Jun 2020

Exaggerating inequalities

It would be disastrous if hard-won progress on diversity is lost because of the impact of the pandemic on women in law, says Dana Denis-Smith

22 Jun 2020

Solicitor fined £20k for providing banking facilities

A solicitor has been fined for providing banking facilities to conveyancing clients, exposing his firm to money laundering risks

12 Jun 2020

It's time to act

The profession must look inwards to tackle systemic racial inequality, says Trevor Sterling

10 Jun 2020

QC identifies 'gender brief gap'

Jaime Hamilton QC has called out “sexism” in the appointment of lawyers to high-profile cases