by Yasmin Robinson | Sep 13, 2018 | News
The Legal Ombudsman has published a useful piece of guidance giving an outline of the approach LeO takes to legal service providers dealing with cybercrime. It provides information on what to consider and how LeO will treat complaints. For more information visit:... 
by Yasmin Robinson | Sep 5, 2018 | News
Solicitors have been urged to make sure that the credentials of people approaching their firm to offer business expansion are genuine. The SRA have recently received two reports of firms branching out into different work areas, but the reality was that new colleagues... 
by Yasmin Robinson | Sep 4, 2018 | News
Solicitors have been urged to check the HM Treasury frozen assets review to make sure they are not holding monies belonging to a client that is subject to financial sanctions. HM Treasury has published its annual frozen assets review. Anyone who is holding frozen... 
by Yasmin Robinson | Aug 6, 2018 | News
The SRA has restated its warning to law firms that they should not provide banking facilities through a client account to their clients or others, while providing further detail on how the rules apply in practice. The rules set out that law firms should only have... 
by Yasmin Robinson | Apr 18, 2018 | News
The spring update for the SRA’s Risk Outlook was published this week. Included in the update is information on an increase in cybercrime reports. The majority of reports received in the past have involved email interceptions in a bid to steal client money. There is...
