Risk & Compliance

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In the name of duty

The scope of the standard of care owed to clients may have widened, but the courts are unlikely to find practitioners liable for faults which are not related to the job they are retained to do, says Sophie Brake

Consumer panel opens consultation on referrals

The Legal Services Board's new consumer panel has started an investigation into referral arrangements, the first issue it will tackle since its appointment last month.

Beresford loses High Court appeal

Jim Beresford and Douglas Smith, former partners at Doncaster-based Beresfords, have lost their High Court appeal against the Law Society and the SRA.

Footing the bill

The recommendations of the joint committee on the draft Bribery Bill offer practical solutions to problems relating to corporate liability, but it remains to be seen whether the government will implement them, says Alex Odell

Passengers to be compensated for delayed flights

Airline passengers whose flights were delayed by more than 20 hours have won their claim to the same compensation as those whose flights have been cancelled.

Law centres and non-lawyer LDPs to be given a year to prepare for ABS status

Law centres, Citizens Advice Bureaux, advice agencies and trades unions should be given a year's “grace” to prepare for regulation as ABSs, the Legal Services Board has proposed.

SRA rewrites guidance on referrals

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has rewritten its guidance on referral fees to clarify solicitors' duties to their clients and the requirement of independence, ahead of a thorough review of the rules by the Legal Services Board next year, Solicitors Journal can reveal.

In the loop

Is there a duty on property professionals to remind clients of the advice they have previously given, asks Stephen Boyd