Practice Management: Risk & Compliance
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 th
Veering off default
Matthew Duncan considers the judge’s approach to assessing damages where solicitors had been negligent in creating a trust scheme
A climate for solicitor negligence?
Michael Young explains why he is unsuprised by an uptick in notification of negligence claims during covid-19
£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
Who bears the burden?
John Binns considers the potential impact of imposing an additional burden on firms with the proposed AML levy
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
ID checks fine
Seatons Law has been fined by the SRA after admitting identity (ID) check failures and money laundering breaches. In 2018, it was instructed in various pro
Putting employees first
Taking care of your employees should be at the heart of a firm’s compliance culture and initiatives, says Tracey Calvert
Fines for transparency breaches
Ten law firms have been sanctioned by the regulator for breaches of the transparency rules in the first three weeks of 2021
