Risk & Compliance

Articles

19 Nov 2013

The ban on referral fees and how to stay small and still make money

Becoming an ABS may not be the 'golden ticket', but for large insurers it might as well be

12 Nov 2013

Insolvency law update

The courts are directors' liability, say Denise Fawcett

12 Nov 2013

Handling beneficiary complaints effectively

With LeO's jurisdiction covering complaints from beneficiaries of estates, 'law firms must take these as seriously as complaints from clients or face the 'same consequences, says Eleanor Kilner

21 Oct 2013

Reporting requirements: minor changes with significant consequences

The challenges thrown up by seemingly minor changes to the reporting of non-material breaches and the suitability test should not be underestimated, says Susanna Heley

15 Oct 2013

Keeping clients informed is your best complaint prevention tool

Informed clients are more likely to pay their bills and recommend you, says John Coulter

10 Oct 2013

Break up, build up

When David Edmonds first suggested last year that all frontline regulators should be replaced with a single regulator, most of us took this with a pinch of salt. It was another poke into the ants' nest, a way of testing how stakeholders would respond to what appeared to be a frighteningly radical idea.

10 Oct 2013

Hot property: Avoiding the mortgage fraud trap

As the property market picks up, solicitors should be even more vigilant about the risk of mortgage fraud, because they will almost inevitably be the ones lenders will sue when the crime comes to light, say Michelle Garlick and Joanne Smith

10 Oct 2013

Decision not to ban inducements is demeaning to the profession

Why couldn't the SRA ban financial incentives? Kerry Underwood spells it out