SRA release new standards and regulations
November 28th, 2019
On the 25th November 2019, the SRA’s Handbook 2011 was replaced with the SRA’s Standards and Regulations.
The new rules are significantly shorter with the focus squarely on requiring high professional standards from both the individuals and firm’s regulated by the SRA. Underlying their introduction is a move away from the 2011 “one size fits all” approach to one that recognises the value of each solicitor’s professional judgement to ensure that standards are upheld and public protections are maintained.
Update to SRA Handbook effective 6th December 2018
December 8th, 2018
The twenty-first version of the Handbook was published on 6 December 2018 (with no changes to the SRA’s Accounts Rules).
Update to SRA Handbook effective 1st October 2018
October 2nd, 2018
The twentieth version of the Handbook was published on 1 October 2018 (with no changes to the SRA’s Accounts Rules).
Update to SRA Handbook effective 1st October 2017
October 2nd, 2017The nineteenth version of the Handbook was published on 1 October 2017 (no changes to the SRA’s Accounts Rules).
- This version update sees an amendments to the SRA Minimum Terms and Conditions of Professional Indemnity Insurance (found as Appendix 1 to the SRA Indemnity Insurance Rules 2013).
You’ve had some training – so what happens next?
March 15th, 2017
This article is based on one originally written for the ILFM and was published in its original format in the January/February 2017 issue of the ILFM’s bi-monthly members magazine Legal Abacus. At the time of publishing, I was one of the presenters of the ILFM’s COFA seminars and the sole presenter of the ILFM’s Credit Management workshop.
Awarding pay increases during Statutory Maternity Leave
July 15th, 2015At the time of writing, the BBC have recently reported that according to latest office figures, the UK’s population has increased by nearly half a million last year (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33266792). Just over half of the growth was accounted for by natural change i.e. there were 212,100 more births than deaths. That’s a lot of maternity leave!
And that led me to wonder how many SME employees are familiar with the legislation around awarding pay awards during maternity leave and in particular the implications of the now ten year old judgement in Alabaster v The Woolwich plc………Simply put, this case established that a pay rise can not be withheld when an employee is on maternity leave.
