DPO stands for 'Data Protection Officer'. He or she is the person appointed by your organisation as the specialist to advise on ensuring that you are compliant with GDPR and Data Protection requirements. We asked our Data Protection Officer, Nick Richards CIPP/E CIPM FIP, to list some of the things he does for our client […]
If you are a Foreign Qualified Lawyer (not England & Wales) then you may get exemption from some or all of the requirements for qualifying as an English Solicitor under the SQE route. Normally you will be exempt from the requirement to have your QWE confirmed to the SRA. You may also get exemption from […]
Ingemar has been acting as an External Confirming Solicitor since the summer of 2020. He has spoken to hundreds of Aspiring Solicitors. These are some tips from his experience to help Aspiring Solicitors on their journey to qualify as a solicitor in the England & Wales jurisdiction. Discuss it in good time with the Confirming […]
The way that people qualify as solicitors is changing. Below we’ll give some information on the new route to qualify as a solicitor of England & Wales and the potential economic impact on law firms. What is Happening? The old LPC route has been replaced by the SQE (Solicitors Qualification Exam). The LPC was a […]
This sounds like a title of a book on management. It’s not, but could be! The article below comes from my observations in practice and since, working as a management consultant working with over 400 law firms. You start your career as a newly qualified solicitor or other professional. You’re keen and work hard. You […]
Do you use the Proclaim case management system?Are you planning to do some developments this year?Do you need resource to help? We can assist. We helped a number of firms last year from small 1 day jobs to a 20 day project, where we acted as additional resource to the permanent in-house developer. Contact Us […]
Barely a month goes by without the ICO (Information Commissioners Office) in the UK issuing fines to UK businesses for beach of GDPR. Just this autumn fines have been issued ranging from £20,000 to £200,000. The businesses range from ones you may not have heard of to household names like Saga Insurance, Papa Johns & […]
At the end of November 2021 the SRA produced a useful report with a summary of what it expects from the firm it regulates and conclusions from the firms it had reviewed that year. Here is a link to it. Below we have summarised the main points. If you have questions about AML please contact […]
When a law firm is facing an SRA inspection, the first thing to establish is what the SRA wants to inspect, which is likely to relate to what caused the inspection. This will be the area on which the SRA will focus. Then the firm needs to consider the context, such as its practice areas, […]
Let me tell you a story. Some while ago, in a province in India, there was a problem with too many cobra snakes. Too many people were being bitten. So, the local officials decided to offer a price on the head of every cobra brought in dead to them. The policy seemed to be very […]
