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Master Policy cover continues meantime for letters of obligation
Cover still in place under arrangements post-2012 Act
Mid-tier under “intense” pressure from accountants, review states
Annual RBS study highlights massive impact of ABS south of the border
MEPs support further protection for lawyer-client communications
Commission to be pressed for action as resolution adopted
Solicitor struck off for 2003 embezzlement
Michael Karus declared unfit after jail sentence
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
Former solicitor wins appeal against jail term for interdict breach
John O'Donnell admonished by appeal court
SLCC budget before Holyrood confirms levy proposals
£312 baseline levy for year from 1 July
SLCC calls for improvements in conduct complaint handling
Recommendations follow analysis of Society's five year performance
Judges refuse request for barrister to lead in VAT appeal
Court "does not have power" to grant one-off rights of audience
Society and Faculty call for better client confidentiality protection
Professional bodies' consultation responses call for stronger safeguards
Solicitor struck off for scheme to obtain early legal aid payments
Dishonesty of invented outcomes demonstrated lack of fitness
Discipline Tribunal report shows cases becoming more complex
Renewed appeal to profession to heed duties under CML Handbook
Former solicitor given three months for breach of interdict
O'Donnell jailed for continuing to hold himself out as entitled to practise