by Yasmin Robinson | Mar 20, 2019 | News
The SRA have today confirmed that its new Standards and Regulations will come into effect on 25 November 2019, not this spring as previously advised. Anna Bradley, chair of the SRA, said the revised date was a sensible move to give everyone – regulators and the...
by Yasmin Robinson | Nov 28, 2018 | News
Solicitors have been reminded to adhere to all their professional obligations when engaged in litigation, and not to become “hired guns” just carrying out instructions that are in the best interests of clients. The SRA has refreshed its Balancing Duties in Litigation...
by Yasmin Robinson | Nov 6, 2018 | News
New transparency rules, requiring regulated firms to publish price and service information on their websites, are to come into effect on 6 December 2018. This is also the date by which firms must make information on their complaints procedures available online, and...
by Yasmin Robinson | Oct 3, 2018 | News
Ahead of the introduction of new price transparency requirements within the legal sector, the SRA has issued guidance on what price and service information firms must publish on their websites from this December. As well as explaining firms’ mandatory obligations, the...
by Yasmin Robinson | Oct 2, 2018 | News
The SRA have published our rules for dealing with the new Insurance Distribution Directive. The Directive means that firms carrying on insurance distribution activities will need to change the way they work. Replacing the Insurance Mediation Directive, the new...