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The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have raised the subject of the high potential for cyber-crime attacks on law firms in a recent missive on adequate insurance cover for legal practices.

Why have one? A Letter of Wishes (LoW) is often used by someone setting up a trust, or making a Will which includes a trust…

If it needed pointing out, the SDT gave a ruling in 2018 which confirmed that the “client account should be sacrosanct, and every solicitor should know that it is to be treated as sacrosanct”.

The “hardening” of the insurance market has been well publicised as insurers of solicitors’ PII have continued to incur significant losses – the result being underwriters hiking up premiums, increasing excess levels and generally being more selective as to the firms they wish to write.

Richard Amphlett, managing director, has been appointed as High Sheriff of Worcestershire for
2021-22 – an appointment which will see him responsible for supporting the Crown and the judiciary as well as delivering community…

Many people will have a second home or perhaps an investment property which, owing to current government guidelines, they are unable to leave their prime
residence to go and visit. This could have implications on your…