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24 Oct 2011

Cost of SRA overhaul to hit £18m

The cost of the SRA's 'change programme' is expected to reach £18m by the end of this year, the regulator has said.

24 Oct 2011

The end of the beginning

Another year, another change, and this one – outcomes-focused regulation – should be the last. But, with firms already crying out for guidance, the SRA must start to be more supportive if it is to make it a success, says Susanna Heley

17 Oct 2011

Animal firm

Outcomes-focused regulation aims to level the playing field for all providers of legal services, but the reality is that it could make some law firms more equal than others. Solicitors Journal finds out from lawyers at the coalface

10 Oct 2011

SRA 'not trying to cut the numbers of small firms'

'High street has most to gain from abolition of assigned risks pool'

10 Oct 2011

Feel the force

Watch out, the SRA's powers have increased more than you might think, says Stuart Bushell as he takes a closer look at its enforcement strategy for conveyancing

7 Oct 2011

Criminalise breach of referral fee ban, SRA chief says

Making breaches of the ban on referral fees a criminal offence would be the most effective enforcement method, the Solicitors Regulation Authority's chief executive has said.

6 Oct 2011

Eight law firms consider future with CLC

Eight solicitors' practices are working on applications to be regulated as ABSs by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers, Solicitors Journal can reveal.

6 Oct 2011

SRA not abandoning small firms

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is not abandoning smaller firms or trying to drive them out of the market, the regulator's chief executive has said.