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3 Jan 2012

ABSs will make legal services “more accessible”, Djanogly says

As the first ABS applications arrived at the SRA today, justice minister Jonathan Djanogly said the change would make legal services “more accessible”.

3 Jan 2012

SRA to move in beneath Marco Pierre White at The Cube

The SRA will be moving to The Cube, a striking new office building in Birmingham city centre, this summer, the regulator has announced.

19 Dec 2011

Hostage to fortune

Nobody can predict how outcomes-focused regulation will turn out, so, while firms need to prepare, why the doom over the new regulatory framework? asks Mike Scutt

19 Dec 2011

To report a fault, please hold

The SRA's guidance on reporting requirements may be unclear at the moment, but firms should still devise their own policy on making reports, says Susanna Heley

12 Dec 2011

SRA must not 'drop the ball' on diversity

Risk-based approach could make it harder to collect data

7 Dec 2011

System 'not to blame' for mySRA delays

Antony Townsend, chief executive of the SRA, has given a spirited defence of the regulator's much delayed 'mySRA' online renewal system.

5 Dec 2011

SRA expects 20 applications for ABS status

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is expecting 20 organisations to apply for alternative business structure status when the regulator begins licensing ABSs on 3 January 2012, Solicitors Journal has learned. The first licences are due to be awarded six weeks later, in the second half of February.

2 Dec 2011

SRA expects 20 applicants for ABS status

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is expecting 20 firms and organisations to apply for alternative business structure status when the regulator begins licensing ABSs on 3 January 2012, Solicitors Journal has learned. The first licences are due to be issued around six weeks later, in the second half of February.