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• Line of solicitors being marched through SDT for failure to pay insurance premiums »

  24/05/12 Risk & Compliance
  Fifteen solicitors have had sanctions imposed by the SDT for failing to pay the premiums demanded while their firms were in the assigned risks pool.
• IPReg set to apply this year to become ABS regulator number 3 »

  22/05/12 Risk & Compliance
  IPReg has published a timeline saying that following a consultation this summer, it will seek designation as an ABS regulator in October.
• SRA set to delay COLP and COFA regime to 2013 »

  16/05/12 Risk & Compliance
  The scheme forCOLPs and COFAs was due to go live on 1 November, but the SRA board will today be asked to put it back to 1 January 2013.
• The Law Society announces new practice note  »

  15/05/12 Practice Management, Risk & Compliance
  This practice note offers guidance on the issues that you should take into account in your dealings with LiPs.
• Law Society launches stinging attack on SRA plan for massive fining powers »

  15/05/12 Practice Management, Risk & Compliance
  SRA plans to introduce multi-million pound fines for law firms are a “significant breach of Parliament’s intentions”, the Law Society has claimed.
• Clydes set to appeal as EAT whistleblowing case goes in ex-partner's favour »

  15/05/12 Risk & Compliance
  Clyde & Co plans to appeal an EAT decision that found the firm should face a claim from a former partner.