In my last post I wrote about “OFR” and the SRA roadshows promoting the proposed new regulatory regime. The draft handbook has now been published by the SRA and is available by clicking here. The handbook is open for consultation until 20th August 2010. So I won’t be rushing to read it this weekend, especially [...]
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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Freedom in Practice: Outcomes Focused Regulation
Outcomes Focused Regulation, or OFR for short, is the buzzword du jour at the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) at the moment. Charles Plant (Chairman) and Antony Townsend (Chief Executive) are conducting a series of roadshows around the country on the subject, which is promoted with the subtitle “Freedom in Practice”. This is the SRA’s proposed [...]
Quality Solicitors launches as a National Brand on the High Street
As you may have seen in this week’s Law Society Gazette, Quality Solicitors.com, previously just a (national) alliance and referral service of work to associated firms has taken its first steps in creating a national network of firms carrying its branding. Fifteen firms have effectively entirely or partly abandoned their own identity and taken on [...]
