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Master Policy cover continues meantime for letters of obligation
Cover still in place under arrangements post-2012 Act
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Mid-tier under “intense” pressure from accountants, review states
Annual RBS study highlights massive impact of ABS south of the border
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MEPs support further protection for lawyer-client communications
Commission to be pressed for action as resolution adopted
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Solicitor struck off for 2003 embezzlement
Michael Karus declared unfit after jail sentence
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Solicitor executors must advise of potential legal rights: Society guidance
New statement follows consideration of Discipline Tribunal case
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Society reveals SOCA report in Hales/Thomson case
Suspicious activity report submitted in 2011
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Risk should be focus of regulation change, SLCC claims
Consultation response looks for targeting of main causes of complaint
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SLCC determination appeal cannot challenge complaint classification: judge
Attempt to appeal "hybrid" status ruled out of time
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Solicitor advocates defend rules in wake of Yazdanparast appeal
Criticism of judges' comments over choice of representation
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Appeal court calls for further regulation of solicitor advocate instruction
Judges question how independence retained with in-house arrangement
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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
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Solicitor fined for "vulnerable" client sexual relationship
"Serious error of judgment" in continuing to act, tribunal rules
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ABS as term is now obstacle to reform, regulators believe
Blogger Iain Miller reports on international conference
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Future of solicitors' Guarantee Fund goes out to views
Society consults on funding and who should be able to claim
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Complaints Commission invites responses to "stakeholder survey"
Short questionnaire seeks views on focus and performance
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Society backs attempt to devolve estate agency regulation
Carmichael to move amendment as Scotland Bill completes committee stage
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Former solicitor wins appeal against jail term for interdict breach
John O'Donnell admonished by appeal court
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SLCC budget before Holyrood confirms levy proposals
£312 baseline levy for year from 1 July
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SLCC calls for improvements in conduct complaint handling
Recommendations follow analysis of Society's five year performance
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Judges refuse request for barrister to lead in VAT appeal
Court "does not have power" to grant one-off rights of audience
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Society and Faculty call for better client confidentiality protection
Professional bodies' consultation responses call for stronger safeguards
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Solicitor struck off for scheme to obtain early legal aid payments
Dishonesty of invented outcomes demonstrated lack of fitness
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Discipline Tribunal report shows cases becoming more complex
Renewed appeal to profession to heed duties under CML Handbook
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Former solicitor given three months for breach of interdict
O'Donnell jailed for continuing to hold himself out as entitled to practise