Regulators

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22 Jan 2019

SRA pays Leigh Day £1m

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has agreed to pay Leigh Day £1m to cover the costs associated with the regulator's appeal of its unsuccessful prosecution of the firm.

10 Jan 2019

Law firm culture under the microscope

Former trainee solicitor Tamara Rossi has launched an online petition demanding the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and Law Society overhaul their procedures for dealing with bullying in law firms.

22 Sept 2017

MoJ rejects ICAEW regulatory application

'It is one thing for accountancy practices to be expert in taxation, but quite another to be proficient in the conduct of civil or criminal litigation'

11 Sept 2017

CILEx applies for ABS regulation and pushes against judiciary's glass ceiling

Independence from solicitors widens choice for consumers and greater judicial diversity 'critically important'

11 Sept 2017

Punishment enough?

There should be clearer obligations on regulators to notify the most serious failures of lawyers, writes Jean-Yves Gilg

7 Sept 2017

Solicitor who overcharged estate by 574 per cent struck off

Tribunal lambasts 'disgraceful' misconduct that led to charity being deprived of bequest

6 Sept 2017

Retired insolvency practitioner accepts rebuke for latter day failings

Clear regulatory history and undertaking never to work as an insolvency practitioner again was a proportionate way of resolving the issue, says SRA

5 Sept 2017

Solicitor who backdated letter in 'sheer panic' spared strike-off

Medical evidence in 'unique and wholly exceptional case' found to be 'both compelling and persuasive'