To what extent do the rules of the profession apply to non-solicitor employees? More than you may think. In this week’s NLJ, John Gould, senior partner at Russell-Cooke, writes: ‘Surprisingly, every employee within a firm is a regulated person whether or not they are personally engaged in reserved legal activity.’
While marketing, IT and accounts obviously play a crucial role in the running of a law firm, what about those employees whose work is more peripheral to the actual business of the firm? What happens if, for example, someone doing the cleaning bins a crucial document?
Gould provides some answers and suggests more clarity may be needed—read his article here.
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