SRA championing innovation in the legal sector
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has today (9th November) unveiled a new initiative to support legal services firms that want to innovate and grow their business in creative ways. ‘SRA Innovate‘ provides online guidance and support to solicitors and law firms who are looking at new ways to serve their clients and run their businesses. […]
Can you handle it? (Will they, or won’t they?)
It isn’t compulsory to appoint a solicitor or qualified practitioner to carry out probate, but complex cases, such as the one in this week’s tweet of the week, are becoming more frequent occurrences. As a professional within the industry, do you think it should be a legal requirement to use a specialist to handle probate? […]
Wollen Michelmore appoints local wills and probate specialist
The appointment of Chris Linton as a new Partner at Wollen Michelmore is an action that increases the firm’s total number of partners to an impressive sixteen. The Private Client Department in which Linton will be situated in, is now set to be enhanced even further with his appointment. It is reported that Wollen Michelmore […]
Permission to probate!
Accountancy firm, PFK Cooper Parry launch new probate service after being granted an Alternative Business Structure (ABS) licence With the arrival of the new probate services, PFK Cooper Parry aim to stand out from the crowd due to the shortage of accountancy firms in the East Midlands that are able to carry out probate under […]
Solicitor jailed for large scale fraud
Solicitor Simon Armitage (65) of Baydale, Clyst St George, Devon, a conveyancing and probate specialist has been jailed for four years following a large scale fraud. A sole practitioner at the time, he fraudulently pocketed unsuspecting clients’ money over a period of four years between 2009 and 2013 and pilfered around £430,000 in total to […]
Done deal for sole practitioner authorisation
The Legal Services Board (LSB) have agreed to amend the method the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) use to authorise sole practitioners The changes proposed by the SRA in regards to the way they authorise sole practitioners, has at last been acknowledged by the Legal Services Board (LSB). The effects of the changes have now been […]
Have the pension freedoms failed?
Recent studies recommended that those of retirement age should be made to save some of their pension pot so they have an income in retirement, with researchers suggesting pension freedoms be partially reversed. It was nearly 7 months ago the law was changed to give those aged 55 and above access to their savings. Pension […]
SRA's regulatory approach will aid pro bono
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA’s) programme of regulatory reform will aid pro bono work in the legal sector, the head of the SRA has said. Speaking on the first day of National Pro Bono Week, SRA Chief Executive, Paul Philip, said that the increasing flexibility offered by its regulatory regime should make it easier for […]
