Last 3 months headlines – Page 137
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Hogan Lovells partner to be City watchdogs’ watchdog
Rachel Kent to begin five-year stint as financial regulators complaints commissioner in January.
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Finance boss duped new firm about £600,000 fraud conviction
SRA finds disgraced former accountant was dishonest and posed a risk to the reputation of his employer.
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'Persons unknown' order granted against crypto fraudsters
'It would be a reproach to the common law were it not to demonstrate sufficient resource and flexibility to afford a remedy,' judge observes.
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RCJ Advice becomes a law centre
Unique court-based Citizens Advice service helps thousands of litigants in person and domestic abuse survivors every year.
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Former lawyers to Wagner chief announce firm is closed
Firm had been named last year in the coverage of SLAPP cases involving Russian clients.
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Restrictions imposed on paralegal over dishonest conduct
Solicitors Regulation Authority found the paralegal’s conduct ‘lacked integrity’ and was of a ‘serious nature’.
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Bar regulator seeks to widen its powers
Proposals for interim restrictions follow a consultation and are subject to approval by the Legal Services Board.
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Law firm owner's shares in freefall after grim profit warning
Rosenblatt owner reveals it has incurred £1.9m costs fighting employment claims.
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Court statistics show ‘fundamental right to access to justice is at stake’
New figures show the number of outstanding cases increasing in both magistrates’ and Crown courts, Law Society says.
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Mirror Group in-house lawyer knew about phone hacking, court finds
Judgment in Prince Harry case states that solicitor joked to reporters about how they could gain access to mobile phones.
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Hitler partly to blame for 2021 blast damage, Court of Appeal confirms
High Court judge was correct to back insurer's refusal of liability for loss 'occasioned by war' - even though war ended 76 years previously.
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RCJ welcomes 'special VIP'
Surprise visit from King Charles explains mystery over courtroom musical chairs.
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Two more firms fined thousands over AML failings
Sanctions again issued despite no evidence of any harm done by shortcomings in compliance procedures.
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No widespread systemic failure in legal aid, government tells High Court
Lawyers for Ministry of Justice say 'capacity challenges' in small number of areas are actively being managed.
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Post Office solicitor knew of IT flaw before criminal trial, inquiry hears
Rob Wilson was informed about discrepancy in 40 branches but did not disclose issue to defence.
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Inn approves aspiring barrister facing criminal charges over humanitarian work
Inns Conduct Committee had to determine if the lawyer-to-be could be admitted as a student member in order to complete the bar course.
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‘I will get there’: Solicitor who had stroke at 26 easing back into the law
Junior practitioner thought she was suffering a headache in 2020 but scans showed she had developed blood clots on the brain.
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Claimant firms hail 'turbo charge' for dieselgate hearings
2024 'will be a year of reckoning for any manufacturer that cheated emissions tests', group litigation leader says.
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Solicitor’s indefinite suspension lifted after 15 years
Wales property specialist says his desire to get back into the profession had been 'reawakened'.
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Solicitor banned for a year for sexual touching of paralegal
Solicitor, then 53, also rubbed 21-year-old on the shoulders once or twice a day, tribunal hears.