Research into the personal injury market, criminal practice, vulnerable consumers, the value of the training contract and work-based learning and diversity and career progression will form the basis of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) programme for 2016. The SRA will also look at risk management in firms, enforcement action and what makes a credible deterrent, and review prior regulatory changes, it has said in a statement on its future research programme. Crispin Passmore, SRA executive director for policy, says: “We have set out an ambitious programme.”
07 January 2016
SRA in 2016
MOVERS & SHAKERS
DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat
Senior appointments in insurance services and commercial services announced
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Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts
Aviation disputes practice strengthened by London partner hire
Ellisons—Marion Knocker
Residential property lawyer promoted to partnership
NEWS
Prosecutors will speed up preparations for charging hate crimes, under Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) guidance issued in response to the surge in antisemitic incidents
Improvements to courts, tribunals and the wider justice system in the north are being held back by a lack of national and local collaboration, according to thinktank JUSTICE North
A family judge has criticised the prison authorities for mistakenly freeing a father who abducted his own son
The Law Society has renewed its calls for compensation for legal aid firms affected by the cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency (LAA)
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured a £10m penalty plus £4.8m in costs from manufacturer Ultra Electronics Holdings, under the terms of a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) for failure to prevent bribery
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