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The Solicitors Regulation Authority prepares for tech regulation

by Hawsons | Oct 8, 2019 | Legal, Simon Bladen, Solicitors

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is looking into who and what should be regulated as they look into playing a more active role in the legal technology industry. As more and more firms are bringing technology and innovation into the legal sector the SRA have...

Criminal Defense Touting

by Hawsons | Sep 23, 2019 | Legal, Simon Bladen, Solicitors

The SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority) remain concerned over the reluctance by some to report criminal defence touting. Only one formal complaint has been made to the SRA about a solicitor touting in this area. The code of conduct states that solicitors are banned...

Britains legal industry brace for a no deal Brexit

by Hawsons | Sep 3, 2019 | Brexit, Legal, Simon Bladen, Solicitors

Britain’s legal Industry brace for a no deal Brexit The UK is currently the second largest provider of legal services in the world and number one in Europe. But if a no deal Brexit goes ahead the future could be a lot less certain for Britain’s legal industry....

SRA Anti-Money Laundering Review

by Hawsons | May 8, 2019 | Legal, Simon Bladen, Solicitors

A recent review conducted by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) found that, in the SRA’s views, a significant amount of law firms are not doing enough to prevent money laundering. The review of 59 practices did not highlight any evidence of actual money...

Solicitors “SEARCH”ing For Answers

by Hawsons | Apr 10, 2019 | Solicitors, Tony Nickson, VAT

The Brabners LLP V HMRC First Tier Tribunal (FTT) case involved whether electronic, local authority search fees paid to Searchflow (a specialised online search agency) by Brabners were to be treated as disbursements paid on behalf of their clients. This had been...

Changes to the SRA handbook

by Hawsons | Feb 22, 2019 | Simon Bladen, Solicitors

The SRA is introducing a new handbook which includes the new code of conduct that will come into effect at some point in 2019, although the exact date still remains unconfirmed. In 2011, the launch of the SRA handbook welcomed some changes that altered the legal...