The Yorkshire Building Society now require CQS
The Yorkshire Building Society now require CQS accreditation to remain on their panel.
The Yorkshire Building Society now require CQS accreditation to remain on their panel.
Extract from Legal Futures
Law Society has made available a summary put together by OC&C of five core principles which should be observed for all future commercial ventures:
Rob Hailstone, who runs the Bold Legal Group and has been one of the most outspoken critics of Veyo, said there were still a number of unanswered questions, such as how the market had in fact changed so as to justify the end of Veyo, adding: “There must be something to show for £7m plus – why can’t the source code be obtained from Mastek?”
He continued: “The findings from this fiasco should not just end up producing a pretty standard ‘guidance for commercial ventures’; it should be a wake-up call for the Law Society generally about how it conducts and runs its business (including CQS)…
The sixteenth version of the Handbook was published on 1 April 2016, and all the changes in this version came into effect on that date.
Authorisation
Until 1 April 2016, SRA operated transitional arrangements for the purposes of regulating consumer credit activities. The transitional arrangements have now come to an end and the Handbook now provides for firms authorised by the SRA to carry out some consumer credit activities under SRA regulation, where the activities are central to the delivery of legal services.
The changes to the Handbook:
The main changes are found in: the SRA Code of Conduct 2011, the SRA Financial Services (Scope) Rules 2001, the SRA Financial Services (Conduct of Business) Rules 2001 and the SRA Handbook Glossary 2012.
Changes to the Handbook are complemented by an online toolkit which provides resources to help SRA-authorised firms understand the regulatory requirements and deliver consumer credit services in a compliant way.