ANB Law
(ANB Law)
Kingswood House, 168 Park Road, Peterborough
, PE1 2UF
Recognised sole practitioner
470666
Decision - Fined
Outcome: Fine
Outcome date: 16 November 2021
Published date: 22 December 2021
Firm details
No detail provided:
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
ANB Law is a recognised sole practice whose head office is at Kingswood House, 168 Park Road, Peterborough, PE1 2UF.
The SRA Transparency Rules came into effect on 6 December 2018. They require all firms authorised and regulated by the SRA to display specified information on their websites if they provide certain types of legal services. The purpose of the Rules is to ensure people have accurate and relevant information about a solicitor or firm when they are considering purchasing legal services. They are intended to help members of the public and small businesses make informed choices, improving competition in the legal market.
The firm failed to publish mandatory details about costs and its complaints procedure on its website in breach of rules 1.1 and 2.1 of the SRA Transparency Rules. It failed to display the SRA digital badge on its website in breach of rule 4.1 of the SRA Transparency Rules.
The firm was ordered to pay a financial penalty of £1,000 and costs of £300.
The following conditions were imposed on the firm’s authorisation with immediate effect:
1. If the firm publishes as available any of the services specified in rules 1.3 or 1.4 of the Transparency Rules, it must provide evidence to the SRA’s reasonable satisfaction that, in respect of each of those services:
- it publishes the information specified in rule 1.5 of the Transparency Rules, and
- such information is clear and accessible and is in a prominent place on its website in accordance with rule 1.6 of the Transparency Rules.
- Such evidence must be provided to the SRA within 30 days of this condition coming into effect.
2. If the firm has a website, it must provide evidence to the SRA’s reasonable satisfaction, that it is complying with rule 2.1 of the Transparency Rules (complaints information). Such evidence must be provided to the SRA within 30 days of this condition coming into effect.
3. If the firm has a website, it must provide evidence to the SRA’s reasonable satisfaction that it publishes in a prominent position on its website, the SRA's digital badge. Such evidence must be provided to the SRA within 30 days of this condition coming into effect.