Understanding Your Obligations – It Is Not Just About Regulatory Breaches Two recent actions by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), taken weeks apart, make the same point from very different angles. In the first case, a former law firm owner has been banned from financial services after misappropriating more than…
The Second Phase of the Employment Rights Act 2025 In April, we wrote about the employment law changes that required firms to update their employee handbooks. Those changes, covering day one rights to statutory sick pay, paternity leave, and parental bereavement leave, were the first phase of the Employment Rights…
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) is introducing a new Ongoing Competence Code that will replace the existing CPD framework. The Code itself took effect on 1 November 2025, but CLC lawyers and practices are only required to report on compliance with the new Code from 1 November 2026, with…