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Uncovering the unacceptable
Our self-styled ethical profession has a problem of bullying and harassment. Can it be treated as a question of fitness to practise?
Letter: reporting what concerns?
SLCC queries new scheme as appearing to conflict with the 2007 Act; Society replies
Letter: protest at letting agent regime
An objection to the information being required of already regulated solicitors under the new mandatory scheme
Put to the test
The Society's position as regulator will come under renewed scrutiny following the Roberton report, but the report itself should equally be subjected to proper scrutiny
Letter: what do the money laundering rules achieve?
System of detection, not prevention, gives solicitors difficult choice
Letter: delay at the SLCC
Seven months for time bar case
Letter: SLCC ignorance
We have to educate SLCC investigators, and pay for the privilege
Letter: business failures
Should the Society tighten its solvency criteria?
Letter: what the review needs to cover
Legal services review should extend to delays in prosecuting rogue lawyers
Review time
Patience will be needed as regards the outcome of the new review of legal services regulation, but there is much for the profession to concern itself with meantime
Letter: SLCC – a protective approach
In the writer's experience, the SLCC is protective of solicitors, rather than guilty of pursuing complaints heavy-handedly
Letters: SLCC levy proposals
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