Compliance and Regulation Newsletter
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In the latest issue of “The Compliance Partner” our compliance and regulation newsletter, we look at some of the most recent events regarding risk, regulation and compliance affecting the legal industry.
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Below are some of the articles featured this month.
Two solicitors have been fined for allowing their firm to take on work in areas where they had no experience and accepting client money when it did not have a client account. This article featured in the Law Society Gazette is a perfect example of the importance of your firm’s compliance when it comes to SRA Regulations, and risk assessment, making sure that staff take on work that is within their remit of skills and not posing a risk to the firm. The Strategic Partner offers training and guidance to law firms to ensure their compliance and to avoid this type of misconduct within their firms by carrying out a firm-wide risk assessment, and providing policies that set out the firms practices to the work it is able to take. Find out more about our Risk Assessment services.
Law firms may be obligated to sign up for review websites. The Legal Services Board, the oversight regulator, will meet to discuss a new paper on quality indicators which suggests that action is needed to ‘catalyse’ change in the legal market To read the full article click here
Any solicitor facilitating the settlement of personal injury claims without a medical examination will be prosecuted for professional misconduct, the Solicitors Regulation Authority said today.
The Civil Liability Act, which came into force last week, introduced a ban on offers to settle road traffic accident whiplash claims without a medical report (known as a pre-med offer). Read the full article from the SRA here
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The Compliance Partner – August Issue 2021
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