Risk & Compliance

Articles

27 Feb 2021

Integrity and public trust: Avoiding an unruly mess

Esther Drabkin-Reiter examines how the court in Beckwith tied the scope of regulation by the SRA and the tribunal to a proper interpretation of the standards in the handbook

26 Feb 2021

Veering off default

Matthew Duncan considers the judg';s approach to assessing damages where solicitors had been negligent in creating a trust scheme

19 Feb 2021

A climate for solicitor negligence?

Michael Young explains why he is unsuprised by an uptick in notification of negligence claims during covid-19

5 Feb 2021

£986,000 damages following firm's professional negligence

An adult son who was disinherited by his mother has won almost £1m in damages for law firm negligence

4 Feb 2021

SRA prosecution: at what price?

Susanna Heley comments on the regulator's resistance to dropping proceedings against solicitor Z, despite significant risk to his life

4 Feb 2021

Who bears the burden?

John Binns considers the potential impact of imposing an additional burden on firms with the proposed AML levy

29 Jan 2021

ID checks fine

28 Jan 2021

Putting employees first

Taking care of your employees should be at the heart of a firm's compliance culture and initiatives, says Tracey Calvert