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Expanded AML remit for the FCA: a good or bad thing?
Colette Best
1 June 2011
Levy v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2011] EWHC 740 (admin)
The appellant solicitor, Mr Levy, appealed the decision of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) to suspend him for nine months and impose a £26,000 fine. The original allegations related to the appellant’s breach of the Solicitor Account Rules (SAR) and failing to comply with conditions imposed on his practicing certificate, which the appellant accepted, but in relation to which he denied dishonesty (which was not subsequently found by the SDT).
3 March 2011
The Operator - To ban, or not to ban? That is the question
How does the responsible operator deal with the ‘problem’ customer? The answer appears to be obvious; ban the customer from the premises. In this article, the writer suggests the answer may not be quite so straightforward and looks at the implications of the landmark decision in R (Boyle) v. Haverhill Pubwatch [2009] EWHC 2441 (Admin), a case concerning the amenability of Pubwatch schemes to judicial review.
3 March 2011
The Operator - A new regulatory regime for the private security industry
In October 2010, the Coalition Government announced that the Security Industry Authority would no longer be a Non-Departmental Public Body and that there would be a phased transition to a new regulatory regime for the private security industry. In this article, the writer sets out the background to this proposal for reform and identifies what the Licensing, Hospitality and Leisure industry should be doing to ensure that the new regulatory regime meets its business needs.