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Coronavirus House Moves Guidance PublishedMay 15, 2020Guidance has been published outlining how professionals are to deal with house moves following the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.Read More
Business Continuity Kit from Law SocietyMay 11, 2020The Law Society of England and Wales produces a business continuity toolkit to help law firms and practitioners consider the issues they could and should be looking at when deciding how to strengthen their businesses.Read More
Legal technology articles publishedApril 22, 2020The Legal Services Board publishes a new collection of articles on legal technology by 11 individuals and organisations, to highlight the important role which technology will play in helping meet the immediate challenges and supporting recovery in the longer term.Read More
LSB urges legal sector to design accessible servicesMarch 17, 2020A new report published by the Legal Services Board urges those operating within the legal sector to design services capable of being accessed by everyone.Read More
Council of EU revises non-cooperative listFebruary 21, 2020Council of the EU adopts revised conclusions on the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. In addition to the 8 jurisdictions that were already listed, the Council has decided that four additional jurisdictions should be added to its list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictionsRead More
Regulation and In-house Lawyers – A Compliance GuideFebruary 18, 2020"Regulation and In-House Lawyers" is a work for SRA regulated lawyers working in-house for organisations which are not authorised by the SRA. Co-authored by Bronwen Still, a director of Infolegal, this book is now available to purchase from the Law Society bookshop.Read More
Compensation Fund consultationJanuary 29, 2020SRA Compensation Fund consultation looks at proposals that would lead to greater clarity on when grants are made, the long-term sustainability of the fund and proposals to build on stakeholder feedback from earlier consultation.Read More
Lack of investigation cover warningJanuary 13, 2020Research undertaken by IRN and commissioned by national firm Leigh Day has found that less than half of solicitors firms have insurance cover that would enable them to be able to cover the costs of any potential investigation against them by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).Read More
Law Society welcomes SRA PII decisionDecember 20, 2019The Law Society of England and Wales has welcomed the news the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is to drop its proposals to lower the levels of professional indemnity insurance (PII). It said that, given the gravity of the issues with which the profession deals, it is vital that the public continues “to be protected by […]Read More
SRA publishes SQE knowledge assessment detailsDecember 12, 2019SRA publishes SQE1's Functioning Legal Knowledge Assessment Specification containing final details as to the legal knowledge that will be tested in the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE).Read More