Course description
In Spring 2023 the SRA introduced a new Code of Conduct rule which requires all solicitors to treat colleagues fairly and with respect and partners to challenge behaviour that does not meet that standard.
This webinar will discuss what this new rule means and how to put it in to practice. It will be of interest to compliance professionals, solicitors and partners who will have a positive obligation to challenge behaviour.
Presenter Rebecca Atkinson is General Counsel at Howard Kennedy LLP and is their COLP, MLRO, MLCO and DPO. Rebecca leads the firm's internal risk and compliance function and sets the risk and compliance vision and strategy. Rebecca was called to the English Bar, is a Solicitor of England and Wales, a New York Attorney and a risk and compliance professional with over a decade of experience.
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Introduction
In Spring 2023 the SRA introduced a new Code of Conduct rule which requires all solicitors to treat colleagues fairly and with respect and partners to challenge behaviour that does not meet that standard.
This webinar will discuss what this new rule means and how to put it in to practice. It will be of interest to compliance professionals, solicitors and partners who will have a positive obligation to challenge behaviour.
What You Will Learn
This webinar will cover the following:
- Background to the SRA thematic review - the ‘culture cases’
- Overview of the SRA wellbeing thematic review and findings
- SRA wellbeing guidance
- New Code rule and what colleague, fairly and challenge means in practice, plus SRA guidance
- What the new rule might mean for reports of misconduct to the SRA
- Scenarios to illustrate the new rule
- How your firm can take proactive steps to ensure the right culture exists to ensure compliance with the new rule
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