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Jayne Willetts speaking at the quarterly Forum on law firm internal investigations with James Frost of Marsh on the current PII market; Alison Matthews on the FCA takeover of AML supervision and  and Rebecca Atkinson with her usual regulatory update

Jayne Willetts welcomed the judgment of Mr Justice Butcher in Carter Ruck Solicitors & Another v SRA [2026] EWHC 2146 (KB) ruling that the SRA did not have the power to order law firms to disclose legally privileged material without their clients’ consent and congratulated Carter Ruck and their client for bringing the case.…

Jayne Willetts attending the annual lunch at Hotel du Vin – pictured here with former Presidents John Aucott and Stephanie Perraton both of whom were partners with Jayne at Edge & Ellison and also with the 19 Past Presidents attending the 2026 lunch

Jayne Willetts attending the annual Presidents Dinner at the historic Council House – congratulating Matt O’Brien on his year as President and Tony McDaid on his lifetime achievement award

Jayne Willetts commented on what she described as a baffling judgment in HD & Ors v North Devon Healthcare Trust & Ors [2026] EWHC 2009 (SCCO) when Costs Judge Joseph found that a solicitor (Darren Hanison) had “abandoned” his clients “without good reason” and ordered him to pay £92,000 and indemnity costs for failing to represent six clients in court proceedings.…

Jayne Willetts chairing the quarterly Forum with guest speaker Ben Archer of 4 New Square focussing on AI and professional risks plus supervision and privilege issues with the usual insightful regulatory update from Rebecca Atkinson

Jayne Willetts exposed in a LinkedIn article the SRA’s concealment from the profession of the outsourcing to external law firms of its investigations. The story was covered in Legal Futures SRA highlights spike in conduct complaints amid “outsourcing ruse” – Legal Futures

and in the Gazette SRA tells law firms to rewrite misleading ‘investigation officer’ letters in outsourced complaints process | Law Gazette

Read more – SRA Outsourcing Ruse article

Jayne Willetts chairing the quarterly Forum with guest speaker Tom Bedford of Clyde & Co updating us on trends in the solicitors’ professional indemnity market with the added bonus of a regulatory update from Rebecca Atkinson.

Jayne Willetts presenting the trophy to the winning jockey at the Harkaway Point to Point – sponsored by Jayne Willetts & Co.

Jayne Willetts and Rebecca Atkinson speaking at the breakfast forum on social media, Mazur, the Dentons & Carter Ruck appeals and the FCA takeover of AML regulation.