Update to LAA Contingency Plans

7 June 2021

The LAA have announced they intend to end the Duty Solicitor Contingency arrangements from the end of September.

Although the timing is not great given the new variants are causing some concern, we had urged the LAA to give as much notice as possible to allow firms to plan.

The end of the contingency arrangements for compliance may be reviewed again if the pandemic does not progress in the way they hope.

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