The Legal Ombudsman will begin accepting complaints about claims management companies in January but has warned that a “relative lack of information about the nature of demand” may be a “specific risk”, in its draft strategy and budget consultation for 2015/2017. Its current forecast for the work is an extra 3,000 cases. The Ombudsman will also begin regulating accountants registered for probate work in January. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales was given new powers to regulate alternative business structures this year.
04 December 2014
Legal Ombudsman's draft strategy & budget consultation
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Sharpe Pritchard—Victoria Heald-Barraclough
Magic Circle hire strengthens Sharpe Pritchard’s infrastructure finance capability
Lewis Silkin—Iskander Fernandez
Lewis Silkin adds corporate crime specialist to growing dispute resolution team
Morr & Co—Michael Charalambous
Morr Co strengthens private client team with partner appointment
NEWS
Should every solicitor found to have acted dishonestly face automatic striking off? The answer, argues John Gould, chair of Russell-Cooke LLP in NLJ this week, is no
Winning an arbitral award against a state is one thing; enforcing it is another
Can government success in court tell us whether the rule of law is healthy?
Poorly drafted dispute resolution clauses can trigger litigation before the real dispute is even addressed
As cryptocurrency becomes mainstream, family lawyers are increasingly confronting the challenges it creates on divorce
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