Solicitors Community newsletters

With the bank rate now standing at 4.5%, a level not seen since October 2008, this article addresses the question of what is a fair level of interest to pass on to clients holding deposit funds with their law firm?

The SRA have recently published updates to the warning notice and the case studies dealing with the prohibition on providing banking facilities.

The ICAEW Solicitors Community held its third Virtual Solicitors Conference on 13 September 2022. In a break from the forward-looking theme from recent years, the conference was split into two sessions, with four speakers from the morning session all pulled into one overarching theme of 'what happens when it all goes wrong'. For the rest of the day, speakers focused on technical issues and practice management issues.

The ICAEW Solicitors Community held its second Virtual Solicitors Conference on 14 September 2021. The theme of the conference was “Paving the way – moving forward from the last 18 months”.

Our featured article looks into the importance of planning and documenting your work as a reporting account. This issue also includes a topical upcoming webinar and two on-demand webinars.

Our featured article discusses the impact of negative interest rates on law firms. This edition also includes topical articles and a chance to book onto our on-demand fundamental courses.