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The Supreme Court – FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC v Lady Christine Brownlie
Terrence Donovan
SRA Standards and Regulations – what you need to know
Reach for the StaRs!
Understanding the new SRA Principles and Code: the long read
SRA and the regulation of your personal life
Ethics and what’s expected of you
Reporting concerns - understanding your obligations
Stand up and be accountable
The new Solicitors Accounts Rules: what has changed?
The new ‘freelance’ solicitor: practical aspects and our predictions
Time to prioritise, but not to panic
13 April 2017
Lack of Integrity – Has it just been abolished?
A couple of weeks ago I posted a blog [link] that started with the now fateful words: “Newell-Austin v SRA [2017] EWHC 411 (Admin) is the latest case to deal with the question of what is lack of integrity and may finally put to rest the issues around the meaning of the phrase.”
30 March 2017
The Great Repeal Bill and the regulation of law firms
We are still a long way from the finish line but at least with the publication of the Great Repeal Bill: White Paper (“the White Paper”) we have some clarity about the future course of UK domestic law. This blog by Iain Miller is directed at the position in relation to the regulation of law firms.
8 March 2017
What is lack of integrity?
Newell-Austin v SRA [2017] EWHC 411 (Admin) is the latest case to deal with the question of what is lack of integrity and may finally put to rest the issues around the meaning of the phrase.
15 February 2017
Solicitors acting as McKenzie Friends and unbundling legal services – a cautionary tale
On 9th February the Divisional Court handed down judgment in Ballard v SRA [2017] EWHC 164 (Admin) on an appeal from a decision of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. The appeal represent one of the so far few cases that deals with those solicitors providing unbundled legal services or acting as McKenzie friends.
14 February 2017
Let's fast-track solicitor discipline
The current long-winded system of disciplining solicitors is inefficient and costly and must not be allowed to survive much longer.
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