In our series of short blogs looking at some of the many queries received from our clients through our Ask Teal service, next we consider whether criminals may use the Coronavirus situation to their advantage during this period.Question: Do you think that the “baddies” may try to use the Coronavirus…

Continuing our series of blogs looking at some of the many queries received from our clients through our Ask Teal service, we consider how to deal with clients who, whilst wanting their matter to progress as quickly as possible, drag their feet in providing information requested from them.Question: Any tips…

Continuing our series of blogs looking at some of the many queries received from our clients through our Ask Teal service, here we consider the Solicitor’s Regulatory Authority (SRA) likely approach to absences of key compliance staff.Question: Will the SRA look at derogations on the restriction on outsourcing key compliance…

Continuing our series of blogs looking at some of the many queries received from our clients through our Ask Teal service, this blog considers the Solicitor’s Regulatory Authority (SRA)’s likely approach during this period.Question: Will the SRA be more lenient with us if we are non-compliant during this period?As at…

In our next blog looking at some of the many queries received from our clients through our Ask Teal service, we consider how to deal with client money received in the post during a lockdown period. Question: How do we deal with depositing cheques received in the post during this…

We’ve received lots of queries from our clients through our Ask Teal Service.In this blog we look at how to deal with post coming into and out of the business (we can’t say “office”, as this is not now necessarily the case). Question: What do I do about post coming…

When the new and more stringent rules on data protection came through in the form of GDPR, one of the most common gripes among firms was the amount of time it was going to soak up in a world that was already busy enough keeping a firm running profitably.The gripe…

So you discover that a member of your staff who is now working from home – or a client, or a contractor who serviced the printers or mended a leaking loo, or the postman, or a courier who has had cause to come to the office – has tested positive…