The SRA Consultation on Rule Changes on Health & Wellbeing at Work: Treating Colleagues With Respect – A Welcome Progression or Regulatory Overreach? – Ten-Minute Talk
April 29th, 2022 by Stuart Smith
On 4 March 2022, the SRA launched a new consultation on proposed rule changes on health and wellbeing at work, following on from their recent guidance and thematic review on workplace environments. The consultation proposes the following change to the Code of Conduct for Individuals and Firms: ‘You treat colleagues fairly and with respect. You […]
Effective Supervision and Support: SRA Workplace Culture Review – Part 3
March 10th, 2022 by Stuart Smith
In the third of our three-part video series on the SRA review, Partners Emma Bartlett and Andrew Pavlovic focus on the need for law firms to put in place effective systems of supervision, discussing the following: The role of effective supervision in cultivating the right culture What effective supervision looks like The SRA rules regarding supervision and the circumstances […]
Creating a “Speak-Up” Culture: SRA Workplace Culture Review – Part 2
March 1st, 2022 by Stuart Smith
In the second of our three-part video series on the SRA review, Partners Beth Hale and Andrew Pavlovic focus on the need for law firms to create a “speak-up” culture, considering the inherent challenges that law firms face in cultivating such a culture, and discussing what firms can do to encourage the reporting of: Mistakes […]
Regulatory Trends for Lawyers in 2022: Personal Misconduct, Junior Lawyer Mistakes, and Cyber-Security – Ten-Minute Talk
January 27th, 2022 by Stuart Smith
In the third episode of our Ten-Minute Talks video series, our Managing Partner, Clare Murray, and Regulatory and Professional Discipline Partner, Andrew Pavlovic, look at three key regulatory trends that firms and solicitors need to be aware of in 2022.