Risk & Compliance

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Loaded gun

Everybody does it – don't they? John Taylor discusses the triggers of fraud in law firms

Name this firm

Calls by consumer organisations for solicitors with poor service records to be named and shamed have been ignored by the profession's watchdog. This could be about to change but would publication achieve the desired effect? Solicitors Journal asks three stakeholders

The duty of good faith: to be or not to be?

By Roderick I'Anson Banks, Barrister, Partnership Counsel

Dishonest partners test a firm's culture and systems

By Michelle Chance, Partner, Kingsley Napley

Lawyers more trusted than accountants, LSB consumer panel says

A survey of 1,277 people by YouGov for the LSB's consumer panel has found that 47 per cent 'generally trust' lawyers to tell the truth, two per cent more than accountants.

Conveyancing and divorce top of consumer complaints

Conveyancing snags and divorce outcomes top the list of consumer complaints against lawyers.

Fresh concerns over advocacy scheme

The conditional endorsement by the SRA board last week of the report by a joint expert group on the proposed quality assurance scheme for criminal advocates has fuelled fresh concerns over the risk of judge bias against solicitors.

Advocacy group asked to rewrite new quality assurance scheme rules

The SRA board has asked the group of experts set up to design a quality advocacy assurance scheme for all criminal advocates to reconsider some of the rules amid concerns that judges carrying out advocate assessment could be biased against solicitors.