Risk & Compliance

Articles

7 Dec 2009

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.

2 Dec 2009

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.

25 Nov 2009

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

19 Nov 2009

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.

18 Nov 2009

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.

17 Nov 2009

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.

17 Nov 2009

In the loop

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

10 Nov 2009

Update: clinical negligence

Jock Mackenzie reviews cases involving doctors' breach of duty, including allegations of misdiagnosis, failure to seek specialist evidence and evidential matters