Doing enough CPD hours is no longer sufficient for establishing that a solicitor is competent. The SRA introduced some new requirements. These can be dealt with fairly simply – there are various schemes on offer to help and the SRA has a toolkit, to help you consider what training would be of benefit and evaluate if it addressed your needs.
http://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/cpd/tool-kit/continuing-competence-toolkit.page
There’s some discussion of this on my LinkedIn forum and information about courses available – Running a Law Firm on LinkedIn
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