We published an article following a Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal decision in which it appeared that solicitors had been successfully prosecuted for using terms of business excluding personal liability on LLP members, when this appeared to be in accordance with SRA guidance under the Solicitors’ Code of Conduct 2007. We raised this with the SRA and understand that, although it is not apparent from the agreed outcome, the SRA’s position is that ‘whilst the attempted limitations to liability were included in the client care letters they were not specifically brought to the attention of the clients’. We may not be alone in thinking this draws a very fine line.
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