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Consumer watchdog gives SRA’s ABS application green light – with reservations
Monday, 9 May 2011The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s application to become a licensing body for alternative business structures has been endorsed by the Legal Services Board’s consumer watchdog, but with reservations. The Legal Services Consumer Panel expressed disappointment that some recommendations it made during consultations were not adopted.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, OFR, outcomes-focused regulation, Solicitors Code of Conduct, Solicitors Handbook, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Alternative business structures, Consumer panel, News
Countdown to outcomes-focused regulation begins as SRA publishes Handbook
Wednesday, 6 April 2011Solicitors, law firms and would-be alternative business structures today get first sight of the new SRA Handbook, the 563-page guide to practising and running a legal practice. The Handbook – delivered on schedule and exactly six months before it is due to come into force – introduces the profession to outcomes-focused regulation.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, OFR, outcomes-focused regulation, Solicitors Handbook, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in News, Solicitors
SRA approves new conflicts rule as it prepares to publish 563-page Handbook
Monday, 21 March 2011The Solicitors Regulation Authority has substantially reworked its new rule on conflicts of interest, which will come into force later this year. Legal Futures has had advanced sight of the 563-page SRA Handbook ahead of its publication on 6 April, although the new Code of Conduct is just 54 pages.
Tags: conveyancing, Law Society, outcomes-focused regulation, Solicitors Code of Conduct, Solicitors Handbook, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in News, Solicitors
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Succession (Season 5) – Santa looks to the future
It’s time for the annual Christmas blog from Nigel Wallis, consultant at Legal Futures Associate O’Connors Legal Services.
The COLP and management 12 days of Christmas checklist
Leading up to Christmas this year, it might be a quieter time to reflect on trends, issues and regulation, and how they might impact your firm.
The next wave of AI: what’s really coming in 2025
The most exciting battle in artificial intelligence isn’t unfolding in corporate labs; it’s happening in the open-source community.
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