Regulatory

In its response to the Legal Services Board's draft strategy for legal services regulation and business plan 2021-22, the Bar Council advised the board to ‘do less and do that better’

Lexis®Library update: The Prime Minister’s Office has published a policy paper announcing the launch of a new Taskforce on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform (TIGRR) to ‘identify and develop proposals across a range of areas that will drive innovation and competitiveness, reduce barriers to start-ups and scale-ups, create opportunities for innovation to make the most of cutting-edge technologies, and support growth and dynamism right across the UK economy’

Law firms must be more vigilant than ever during COVID-19, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has warned

If my wife were a solicitor and she had murdered me during lockdown, and if (notwithstanding the many defences available to defence counsel) she had been convicted, I expect she would be struck off. That’s obvious, but is it right?

John Gould looks at the rules on out-of-office bad behaviour

Law firms need to be extra vigilant to the risk of cybercrime in the time of COVID-19, regulators have warned

Professor Chris Bones, chair of CILEx, makes the case for reforming professional regulation, in this week’s NLJ

Jessica Clay & Lucy Williams, of Kingsley Napley, examine the potential for lasting legal services reform, in the light of Professor Mayson’s report

Professor Chris Bones of CILEx explains why the legal profession should not stand in the way of regulatory change

Professor Mayson’s ‘Reforming Legal Services’ report was ‘too generous about the Byzantine structures’ of professional regulation, John Gould, senior partner, Russell Cooke, writes in this week’s NLJ