Risk & Compliance

Articles

3 Mar 2021

Unregulated barrister and ex-solicitor disbarred for dishonest conduct

An unregistered barrister has been disbarred following dishonesty relating to conveyancing in 2004

1 Mar 2021

Operation change: Maintaining the standards expected

Adapting to the post-covid new world requires maintaining appropriate oversight and conformity with regulatory and ethical duties, says Tracey Calvert

27 Feb 2021

Integrity and public trust: Avoiding an unruly mess

Esther Drabkin-Reiter examines how the court in Beckwith tied the scope of regulation by the SRA and the tribunal to a proper interpretation of the standards in the handbook

26 Feb 2021

Veering off default

Matthew Duncan considers the judg';s approach to assessing damages where solicitors had been negligent in creating a trust scheme

19 Feb 2021

A climate for solicitor negligence?

Michael Young explains why he is unsuprised by an uptick in notification of negligence claims during covid-19

5 Feb 2021

£986,000 damages following firm's professional negligence

An adult son who was disinherited by his mother has won almost £1m in damages for law firm negligence

4 Feb 2021

SRA prosecution: at what price?

Susanna Heley comments on the regulator's resistance to dropping proceedings against solicitor Z, despite significant risk to his life

4 Feb 2021

Who bears the burden?

John Binns considers the potential impact of imposing an additional burden on firms with the proposed AML levy