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The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) board has approved controversial plans for the SRA to take over the regulation of legal executives

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) board was due to vote this week to scrap or proceed with its proposals for the SRA to regulate authorised and non-authorised members of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX)

Solicitors must serve the public as well as their clients, writes Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC

The ongoing inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal continues to shock lawyers and members of the public alike. Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC, senior consultant, Bindmans, devotes his NLJ column this week to the professional behaviour of solicitors

Regulators have warned law firms working on financial product mis-selling claims not to breach their professional obligations

Jeremy Richmond KC, Michael Rhode & Alexander Emmott provide an overview of developments in sustainability regulations, push payment fraud & de-banking

UK financial institutions face a complex regulatory landscape, whether it’s in relation to greenwashing, authorised push payments fraud or de-banking

Clare Hughes-Williams and Sharon Glynn share advice on a crucial aspect of law firm management
The Legal Services Board (LSB) should focus on its core activities and only take on more work where there is ‘regulatory need or gaps in responding to consumer needs’, Law Society president Nick Emmerson has said
The Legal Services Board (LSB) is partnering with Belfast law firm Carson McDowell to review the regulatory intervention into Axiom Ince
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team

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Law firm HFW is offering clients lawyers on call for dawn raids, sanctions issues and other regulatory emergencies
From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act
Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection
Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961
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