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Joseph Oates

Sep 14, 2026

7:26
it? Yes, yes.
7:28
We obviously don't have any concerns in relation, really, to the changes to employment law because all of our staff are fantastic.
7:36
Smaller businesses are bound to have that concern, however, and we certainly hear that from our client base.
7:41
So the legal challenges that we face, Victoria has touched upon, are clearly compliance.
7:46
To be fair, I think ever since the Law Society a decade and a bit ago relinquished self-governance of the profession and the SRA took over, I don't wish to be controversial, but every year the regulatory touch has got heavier and heavier to such an extent where you could probably – Look at a conveyancing file and say 30% of time is taken up with compliance.
8:08
That's awkward.
8:09
It's difficult.
10:44
Is that individually or as part of the company?

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