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- Legal Regulatory and Compliance Newsletter
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- Solicitors Accounts Rules 1998 Changes Published
The SRA have published the draft Solicitors' Accounts (Legal Services Act) Amendment Rules [2009] which are effective fr...Solicitors Accounts Rules 1998 Changes Published - read more
Legal Finance News
Telegraphic Transfer Fees Practice Note
There have been a number of recent cases heard at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal where solicitors are alleged to have made a secret profit from their clients as a result of the way in which they have charged clients for telegraphic transfer fees.
...read more50 Percent Increase in Interventions
The most recently published statistics from the SRA show a 50% increase in the number of interventions.
The latest publicly available statistics published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority reveal a significant rise in the rate of interventions which have increased to 63 in the year to 30 June 2008 from 42 in the previous year, a rise of 50%.
...read moreBasic Bookkeeping for Solicitors
Legal Finance Professionals Limited are pleased to announce a new training course - Basic Bookkeeping for Solicitors.
...read moreMoney Laundering Reporting Officer Fined
The FSA has fined a Money Laundering Reporting Officer £17,500 for failing to ensure that adequate anti-money laundering systems and controls were in place for verifying and recording clients' identities.
...read moreHow to Survive the Recession
Fix Your Finances: Improving Profitability and Cash Flow in 90 Days, is the new course from Legal Finance Professionals in association with Wilkinson Read & Partners.
...read moreLaw Society VAT Practice Note
The Law Society has issued a new practice note giving solicitors guidance on the implicaitons of the recent change in the rate of VAT.
...read moreLaw Society Revises Banking Crisis Practice Note
The Law Society have issued revised guidance for solciitors on the handling of clients' money during the continuing banking crisis.
...read moreSolicitors Accounts Rules 1998 Changes Published
The SRA have published the draft Solicitors' Accounts (Legal Services Act) Amendment Rules [2009] which are effective from 31 March 2009.
...read moreLegal Regulatory and Compliance Newsletter
The Spring edition of our Legal Regulatory and Compliance Newsletter is now available.
...read more