Risk & Compliance

Articles

Strategic compliance: Create a law firm culture of risk management

Place your COLP in your management team to embed risk management in your law firm, says Angela Robertson

Saurabh Mishra: The link between CSR and financial performance

Law firms that invest in corporate social responsibility can reduce ?their financial risk, Saurabh Mishra tells Manju Manglani

Marriage scam solicitor struck off a year after criminal conviction

North London partner jailed for ten years for role in £20m immigration fraud

Unexpected 79 per cent of firms submit diversity data

Regulator unlikely at this stage to pursue tough enforcement line against firms that fail to comply

Overseas rules: The SRA's regulation of international practices

Tracey Calvert examines the SRA's new regulatory requirements for UK law firms with international practices

Mitchell penalties: hypocrisy in the extreme

Tough financial penalties are appropriate but try getting compensation when the courts screw up, says Kerry Underwood

LeO questions future of 'no win, no fee'

Legal ombudsman awarded clients almost £1m in compensation and costs in a year

Firms' consumer credit activities can no longer be incidental

If your firm continues to permit payments by instalments, it needs to make changes now or risk acting unlawfully, says Susanna Heley