Ian Muirhead

, SIFA - Solicitors for Independent Financial Advice

The buck stops with management

Overall responsibility for compliance and business success lies with firm managers; ?they and the regulator should be doing more, argues Ian Muirhead

The SRA's laissez-faire approach to compliance

The SRA should follow the lead of the financial services sector and ensure regulatory compliance equates to best business practice, says Ian Muirhead

Do solicitors want to be accountants?

Ian Muirhead considers the pros and cons of the SRA's decision to relax restrictions on solicitors providing non-legal services

An end to silo-based legal services

Looking outside the legal box to remain competitive is not a new concept for firms; the only surprise is that the SRA is propounding the...

Whither the solicitors' profession?

The entry into historically reserved legal activities by new and innovative players such as chartered accountants has given the legal market much to be concerned...

Joint ventures: a halfway house to ABSs?

Issues with dual regulation have discouraged the adoption of integrated business models and are pushing solicitors towards tie-ups with independent financial advisers, says Ian Muirhead

Holistic legal services

With greater flexibility in pensions, the removal of the 'death tax' and further tax breaks expected, regulation of legal service providers will become the key...

Due diligence

The casual golf club acquaintance is still being entrusted with clients' financial well-being because the SRA has done nothing to police some of its Code...

Ian Muirhead

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Ian Muirhead

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