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- in the category: professional regulation
Solicitor executors must advise of potential legal rights: Society guidance
New statement follows consideration of Discipline Tribunal case
Society reveals SOCA report in Hales/Thomson case
Suspicious activity report submitted in 2011
Risk should be focus of regulation change, SLCC claims
Consultation response looks for targeting of main causes of complaint
SLCC determination appeal cannot challenge complaint classification: judge
Attempt to appeal "hybrid" status ruled out of time
Solicitor advocates defend rules in wake of Yazdanparast appeal
Criticism of judges' comments over choice of representation
Appeal court calls for further regulation of solicitor advocate instruction
Judges question how independence retained with in-house arrangement
Correct advice may not be enough, court rules on complaint appeal
Service has to be judged from lay client's viewpoint as well as solicitor's
Solicitor fined for "vulnerable" client sexual relationship
"Serious error of judgment" in continuing to act, tribunal rules
ABS as term is now obstacle to reform, regulators believe
Blogger Iain Miller reports on international conference
Future of solicitors' Guarantee Fund goes out to views
Society consults on funding and who should be able to claim
Complaints Commission invites responses to "stakeholder survey"
Short questionnaire seeks views on focus and performance
Society backs attempt to devolve estate agency regulation
Carmichael to move amendment as Scotland Bill completes committee stage