Risk & Compliance

Articles

1 Nov 2010

Update: competition

Richard Waite and Susan Riitala round up the coalition's overhaul of the regulators and consider the implications of that European privilege ruling on competition lawyers

25 Oct 2010

Update: wills and probate

Helen Bryant considers warnings from HMRC about inheritance tax disclosure, solicitors' liability to the executors and heirs of a deceased client, the rectification of a botched deed of variation, and recent decisions on statutory and mutual wills

25 Oct 2010

Damage control

Thomas Berman of Berman & Associates explores the wider impact of professional liability claims

7 Oct 2010

ARP clean-up 'a success', says regulator

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has recovered more than £750,000 in unpaid insurance premiums since starting to crack down on firms in the assigned risks pool earlier this summer, initial figures show.

24 Sept 2010

Cyber threats

Thomas Berman of Berman & Associates comments on how to address the new internet security issues facing law firms

24 Sept 2010

PII under the LSA

Partner Edward Coulson of Davies Arnold Cooper comments on upcoming changes to solicitors' professional indemnity insurance

8 Sept 2010

DPP backs 'second degree murder' charge

Keir Starmer QC, the DPP, has said he backs the introduction of a US-style second degree murder charge.

6 Sept 2010

DEFRA to consult on English badger cull

DEFRA is to consult within the few weeks on a badger cull in those areas of England suffering the most from bovine TB.