What can I do to stay on lender panels?
Last week we heard from a medium sized firm of solicitors conducting about 70 transactions per month that was removed from a large lenders panel and they had no idea why. The letter told the conveyancer that they had no right of appeal and that the decision was final. This lender represented over 25% of […]
Rule 8.5 of the new SRA Code of Conduct and how it relates to letterheads and websites.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) new Handbook and Code of Conduct came into effect on 6th October 2011 after being agreed in June. This represents a big change in the way that law firms are regulated, moving away from a much prescribed rule-based approach towards a more flexible outcomes-focused regulation. The Handbook creates 10 Principles […]