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2 Sept 2020

SRA seeks to diversify board

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is seeking two lay and two solicitor board members

20 Aug 2020

Law Society discourages solicitors from breaking quarantine

Lawyers should not be permitted to break quarantine to attend hearings and tribunals

28 Jul 2020

Ideology without compassion

Susanna Heley calls for collaboration between the regulators where there is overlapping jurisdiction

23 Jul 2020

SMEs yet to be ruled out of money laundering levy

Government launches consultation on planned economic crime levy 

23 Jul 2020

Buying trust

Employee ownership trusts can significantly influence a firm's culture and ethos, explain Howard Hackney and Mark Briegal

15 Jul 2020

LeO still performing below par

The departing chief ombudsman Rebecca Marsh has admitted that the Legal Ombudsman (LeO) is still failing to meet the performance levels expected of it.

24 Jun 2020

How do you regulate AI?

Helen Simm examines what direction the government might take on AI in a post-Brexit Britain 

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