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The Solicitor's Handbook 2024

The Solicitor's Handbook 2024

Author: Andrew Hopper QC; Gregory Treverton-Jones QC
Publisher: Law Society Publishing
ISBN: 9781784462499

Previous Edition ISBN: 9781784461706
Published In: April 2024
Format: Paperback , 720 pages
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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The Solicitor’s Handbook is a comprehensive and user-friendly guide to the common law and regulations governing the conduct of solicitors. The 2024 edition has been updated to take account of all the key developments which have taken place since the publication of the 2022 edition.

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Key changes covered in this new edition include:

a new chapter on Economic Crime
updated guidance on the SRA’s new fining regime and powers of investigation
updated guidance on when firms can take payment for their costs
the Supreme Court’s decision in Flynn Pharma
the SDT’s decision in Bretherton
revisions to the Legal Ombudsman Scheme Rules

The book also contains guidance on the regulatory system in practice, SRA enforcement, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, the regulation of alternative business structures (ABSs), money laundering and data protection.

Part 1: Overview;
Part 2: The Principles and the SRA Code of Conduct 2011;
Part 3: Other rules;
Part 4: The regulatory system in practice;
Part 5: The disciplinary system in practice;
Part 6: The regulation of ABSs;
Part 7: Fraud and money laundering;
Part 8: Appendices;
Index.

Andrew Hopper QC was admitted as a solicitor in 1972 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2001(the first solicitor advocate to be appointed Silk outside the City of London). He has specialised in thefield of professional regulation and discipline since 1979 and is a member of the Law Society'sRegulatory Affairs Board.

Gregory Treverton-Jones QC is a barrister at 39 Essex Street and was called to the Bar in 1977, and wasappointed Queen's Counsel in 2002. He has practised in the field of professional discipline and regulationsince the early 1990s. He has been instructed in many of the leading cases arising out of the professionalconduct of solicitors, appearing both for and against the Law Society in applications for judicial review,statutory appeals, and challenges to interventions.