Full Description
In a rapidly changing professional landscape there is a pressing need for a user-friendly publication containing the new Solicitors' Code of Conduct, editorial comment and explanation on it where appropriate (particularly to highlight unexpected changes), relevant financial services and money laundering rules and guidance, and practical assistance on the regulatory maze - what the regulator's powers are; how they are exercised in practice, and relevant rights of appeal and review. This Handbook provides practical, non-technical guidance for solicitors in England and Wales be they in private practice, the public sector or in-house.It is a unique gathering together of the most important professional rules, together with guidance on a radically new regulatory environment. It provides practical, non-technical guidance in an easy to access handbook style. It is updated annually to ensure practitioners are fully up-to-date with the latest developments. There is current pressing need for information in this area in light of ongoing reforms to the profession and its regulation.It ensures customers are fully compliant with regulatory demands and are able to run their practices as efficiently and successfully as possible. The commentary is provided by two very well-known and respected practitioners in the field of professional regulation.
Contents
Introduction; The regulatory and disciplinary landscape; The Solicitors' Code of Conduct 2007; The Solicitors' Accounts Rules 1998; The Solicitors' Financial Services (Scope) and (Conduct of Business) Rules 2001; Professional indemnity insurance; Other principal guidance; Regulatory and disciplinary processes (and how to cope with them); Other sources of help.
