Regulators

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18 Jul 2011

Conveyancing, family and private client dominate legal complaints

Conveyancing, family and private client work dominated the complaints investigated by the Legal Ombudsman (LeO) in the first six months since it opened in October 2010.

18 Jul 2011

Fair play

As it promises a new approach to regulation, the SRA should start treating solicitors being investigated with greater fairness, says Susanna Heley

12 Jul 2011

Roll of the dice

Mike Scutt muses over a profession in flux

27 Jun 2011

Carrying the can

With cuts to the Charity Commission's funding, we can no longer hold trustees hands all the way, writes Alice Holt

20 Jun 2011

Called into question

Don't be taken in by the LSB's skewed interpretation of the complaints handling survey, warns Susanna Heley

16 Jun 2011

SRA's application to be ABS regulator approved

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has welcomed the Legal Services Board's decision to approve its new handbook and back its application to become a licensed regulator for alternative business structures.

6 Jun 2011

Fresh concerns over advocacy scheme

The conditional endorsement by the SRA board last week of the report by a joint expert group on the proposed quality assurance scheme for criminal advocates has fuelled fresh concerns over the risk of judge bias against solicitors.

6 Jun 2011

You say, we pay?

With the LSB failing to make an emphatic decision on referral fees, the debate is sure to drone on. But short of government intervention, what can be done? And does it matter anyway with ABSs hovering on the horizon? Lawyers on the frontline state their case