In last week’s edition of BC Disease News (edition 156 here ), we reported on personal injury lawyers warnings that the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) plans to lift a ban on cold-calling may encourage the seedier sides of the profession and have adverse effects on the reputation of personal injury solicitors. These fears have now been dispelled by the SRA, which confirmed the ban will remain intact.[i]
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) spoke out last week, after the latest draft of the SRA Handbook was published, and it was noted that the current rule banning solicitors from cold-calling was omitted. A spokesperson from the SRA commented:
‘We have no intention of lifting the ban for solicitors working in personal injury and will make that clear in the final codes’.