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Judge asks attorney general to identify former solicitor as vexatious litigant
Solicitors Regulation Authority says the ex-lawyer’s ‘unfortunate obsession’ with the regulator and Law Society continues ‘unabated’.
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‘Special permission’ granted for law clinic’s family court base
Teesside University Law Clinic says the new family court initative is ‘one of only two similar schemes in the whole country’.
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Apathy and ignorance around legal ethics 'root causes' of misconduct
Academic says whole attitude to ethics in the profession has to change.
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Legal sector marks International Women's Day
Law Society issues clarion call over retention and promotion while International Bar Association unveils directives to break the glass ceiling.
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Greater competition between insurers softens PII market
Number of firms having to close due to difficulties in obtaining professional indemnity insurance has fallen.
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Ex-solicitor Blacker banned after inquiry into his advice charity
Charity Commission acts to prevent Alan Blacker acting as a trustee for 15 years.
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Revealed: Fines mount up as SRA cracks down on AML breaches
Severity and frequency of fines has risken starkly in the last six months, new analysis shows.
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MPs call for Post Office to be fined for delaying payments
Committee also wants cap on victims' legal expenses to be lifted.
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Pastures new for solicitor who spent 60 years at same firm
Patrick Burstall, 80, joins another legal practice after six decades at the firm founded by his father in 1946.
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Barrister disbarred over fee note
Bar Standards Board says sanction reflects that ‘dishonesty is wholly incompatible with membership of the bar’.
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Regard yourselves as regulators, Post Office victim tells lawyers
Lee Castleton says lawyers must act as their own regulators to stamp out bad practice.
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Solicitor who cut corners on witness signatures is struck off
Tribunal urges newly-qualified solicitors to exercise caution before professing to be an expert.
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Go back to your communities and talk to Citizens Advice, lawyers told
Dame Clare Moriarty says advice organisations are struggling to meet rising demand for help.
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Top-50 defendant firm prospering under private equity ownership
North-west firm Keoghs, part of the Davies insurance group, continues to grow income and profits.
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Budget: Cash for dispute resolution - but MoJ spending cut by £500m
Overall verdict: government ‘not facing up to challenges plaguing the justice system’.
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SRA has 'lost sight of context' on prosecution, Dentons tells tribunal
Firm says it did not breach anti-money laundering guidance or rules that were in place 10 years ago.
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Judicial blitz on 'stain' of delayed alleged rape cases
Lord Justice Edis says 181 rape cases which have reached or passed their second anniversary will be dealt with by this summer.
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Budget: MoJ officials reveal pressures of being an 'unprotected department'
'It is very difficult in a budget like ours to find places to go,' permanent secretary tells MPs.
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Magistrate given formal advice for misconduct over council tax bill
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said the magistrate had apologised for her actions.