In this Blog dealing with questions received from our clients through our Ask Teal Service, we look at what we see as the biggest risk and compliance issue that will arise as a result of Coronavirus and the impact it has on law firms. What do you think the…

In this next blog in our series looking at some of the many queries received from our clients through our Ask Teal Service, we consider the client confidentiality issues that may arise when staff work from home.What are the likely client confidentiality issues when staff work from home?You’ll need to…

Photo by Emma Matthews Digital Content Production on UnsplashOne of the interesting features of the current lockdown is how it seems to be enabling people to open up their minds on thinking about their businesses. Maybe it has something to do with our seeing how the Powers That Be are…

Photo by Mati Flo on UnsplashSo how do you go about this supervision thing when you’re all isolated? There’s much that’s written elsewhere on the Teal Compliance website about the ways in which you can effectively implement a robust supervision system when we’re all working in different locations.But there are…

Sadly, in these challenging times, there are firms that, for one reason or another, are finding themselves in unexpected commercial difficulties that make their longer term viability questionable.Radical reconstruction by consolidation through merger may be the only alternative to closing doors for good, with all the unsavoury knock-on consequences that…

One of the questions that we have been asked several times in recent days and on which both the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and Law Society have recently provided guidance, is how law firms can deal with the witnessing of Wills given the impact of Coronavirus and, in particular, whether…