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Uncovering the unacceptable
Our self-styled ethical profession has a problem of bullying and harassment. Can it be treated as a question of fitness to practise?
Letter: reporting what concerns?
SLCC queries new scheme as appearing to conflict with the 2007 Act; Society replies
Letter: protest at letting agent regime
An objection to the information being required of already regulated solicitors under the new mandatory scheme
Put to the test
The Society's position as regulator will come under renewed scrutiny following the Roberton report, but the report itself should equally be subjected to proper scrutiny
Letter: what do the money laundering rules achieve?
System of detection, not prevention, gives solicitors difficult choice
Letter: delay at the SLCC
Seven months for time bar case
Letter: SLCC ignorance
We have to educate SLCC investigators, and pay for the privilege
Letter: business failures
Should the Society tighten its solvency criteria?
Letter: what the review needs to cover
Legal services review should extend to delays in prosecuting rogue lawyers
Review time
Patience will be needed as regards the outcome of the new review of legal services regulation, but there is much for the profession to concern itself with meantime
Letter: SLCC – a protective approach
In the writer's experience, the SLCC is protective of solicitors, rather than guilty of pursuing complaints heavy-handedly
Letters: SLCC levy proposals
Comments on the Society's response
Complaints about the Commission
It is not surprising that solicitors are complaining about the SLCC budget and levy – but what should be done?
Society's "double standards" on gender equality
Claim of discrimination against those returning to practice
Letter: will normal online service ever resume?
Fear that service complaints relating to online estate agency may result in more regulation catching more than just the guilty
Fighting an unseen enemy
Solicitors need more advice and guidance against the threat from cyber criminals
Letter: minimalism in the law
Is it still expected that a solicitor actually deals with legal problems?
Letter: claims – sting in the tail
Why the professional indemnity premium hike after a failed negligence claim?
Letter: conflicted over conflict?
Comment on the Professional Practice article in the December 2015 Journal
Doing complaints better
Rather than treat it with suspicion, solicitors should engage fully with the SLCC's current strategy consultation, as they stand to gain from increased public confidence in the system
Letter: charging for delivery
Comments on the Society's guidance on charging for lending or delivering files etc
Letter: when you can't say no?
Cases can arise that it is difficult ethically to turn down
Cooling-off consternation
Guidance needed on "impractical" regulations
Life goes on – as we know it?
Why solicitors need to know about the Society's regulation consultations