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The Solicitor's Handbook 2024

Edited by Andrew Hopper QC · Gregory Treverton-Jones QC
Law Society Publishing April 2024

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781784462499
Publisher
Law Society Publishing
Publication
April 2024
Format
Paperback , 720 pages
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

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.

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.

Table of Contents

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.

About the Author

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.

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