The Law Society has slated the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) plans to change the solicitors’ Handbook to enable solicitors to work for unregulated entities providing unreserved activities. Law Society president Robert Bourns said the changes risked creating a “two-tier solicitor profession” with certain organisations not regulated despite employing solicitors and providing legal services to the public. Solicitors’ firms, on the other hand, would continue to offer clients the benefit of legal professional privilege, full insurance cover and protection from conflict of interest.
15 September 2016
Two-tier professionals?
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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NEWS
Restrictions on workplace non-disclosure agreements could make settlements slower, more complex and more expensive when reforms expected in 2027 take effect
Private prosecutors face closer scrutiny under Crown Prosecution Service guidance designed to strengthen accountability and consistency when intervention is requested
Foreign states cannot necessarily claim immunity for cyber operations launched abroad against computers in Britain, following a divided Supreme Court ruling
Defendants who make unsupported complaints about their lawyers risk losing legal aid while confiscation proceedings continue without representation
Lawyers advising Russian clients face different sanctions restrictions across the UK, EU and US, despite their shared objective of increasing pressure on Russia
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