Solicitors urged to complete PC renewals process
The SRA have urged solicitors to renew their practising certificate in good time as the deadline for renewals is fast approaching. The deadline for completing the process Friday 14 December. Nearly half of solicitors in England and Wales have already either completed or started the renewal process. Of the anticipated 37,000 bulk or single applications […]
First round of COLP and COFA approvals
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has issued its first set of approvals for the key posts of Compliance Officer for Legal Practice (COLP) and Compliance Officer for Finance and Administration (COFA). COLPs and COFAs will take up their duties from 1 January 2013 and need to be approved by 31 December. Any firm that does […]
Mutuals enjoy increased market share
The October figures show that gross mortgage lending by building societies and other mutual lenders was up by 29% compared to October 2011. This equates to an increase of £3.0 billion in October. Total gross lending in the first ten months of the year was £25.6 billion, up from £19.1 billion in the same period […]