Search Results for: Solicitors Regulation Authority
SRA approves first council ABS licence
August 8th, 2014
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has granted a first alternative business structure licence to a local authority. Buckinghamshire Law Plus Limited will be licensed to undertake litigation and probate services, among other reserved activities. The entity, which has been planned ...
Solicitor caught for rules breaches
July 31st, 2014
A solicitor has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) after a number of serious allegations were found proved against him, including that he failed to set up and keep proper accounting systems or records and had ...
Revealed: the banks using ‘pseudo’ solicitor firms to make debtors pay up
July 4th, 2014
Britain’s high-street banks are routinely issuing legal demands from what appear to be independent firms of solicitors designed to make struggling borrowers pay up. Yet the firms are not regulated by the legal profession’s watchdog, and are simply names ...
SRA approves PII reform
July 4th, 2014
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is forging ahead with its plans to cut the minimum compulsory cover for professional indemnity insurance (PII) from £2m to £500,000, despite strong opposition from the Law Society and criticism from the Legal Services Consumer ...
SRA research looks into legal firms’ training systems
June 5th, 2014
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) Education and Training Committee will be considering initial headline findings of research commissioned into learning and development approaches used by firms to ensure the competence of their paralegal and qualified staff, at its meeting ...
Solicitor struck off after bribery conviction
May 20th, 2014
A solicitor has been struck off following his conviction for bribery charges in the US. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) struck off Jeffrey Tesler last week (Tuesday 13 May). The SDT heard that Mr Tesler was jailed for 21 ...
SRA publishes guidance for criminal legal aid contract applicants
May 19th, 2014
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published guidance to support applicants tendering for criminal legal aid services contracts. The guidance covers key considerations firms need to keep in mind when applying for Own client contracts and Duty Provider Crime ...
SRA: Solicitor struck off for dishonestly misusing client money
April 15th, 2014
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has issued a press released informing that a solicitor has been struck off for failing to handle properly funds that clients had entrusted to him. Ashok Kumar Sancheti was struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) ...
More law firms face unrated PII threat
April 14th, 2014
Thousands of firms are weeks away from being plunged into uncertainty according to research showing an increasing number relying on unrated professional indemnity insurers. The survey results come weeks before the Solicitors Regulation Authority decides whether to ban unrated ...
Beware of ‘cloud’ computing snoopers, law firms warned
April 7th, 2014
Firms planning to rely on ‘cloud’ technology for their IT should be aware of the risk of lawful interception by intelligence agencies, the Law Society warns today. A practice note on cloud computing – in which data is stored ...
