Latest news – Page 10
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NewsFirm owner suspended for hiring assistant subject to SRA restrictions
Following an agreed outcome, the solicitor has been suspended for a month and must pay £4,800 costs.
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NewsMagistrate who ‘misused’ car park given formal warning
JCIO says the office holder was sanctioned for serious misconduct due to her ‘false account of the matter’.
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NewsClients need compensation for emotional strain, says ombudsman
Firms urged to offer remedy for emotional upset when they have failed a client.
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News'Story does not end here': claimant firms react to ‘disappointing’ motor finance judgment
Supreme Court ruling a ‘major blow to consumer protection' and 'will force claims management companies to change their strategy'.
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NewsIn focus: Information war rages on litigation funding
As the government digests the Civil Justice Council’s final report, efforts to sway opinion on the dangers – or virtues – of the funding industry are in full swing.
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NewsFCA to consult on motor finance redress following Supreme Court ruling
Consultation on the industry-wide scheme is expected to open in October - with any payouts to begin next year.
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NewsBarrister’s appeal against disbarment over sexual harassment of pupils dismissed
High Court finds ‘sanction of disbarment was not manifestly excessive; nor was it wrong or clearly inappropriate’.
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NewsIn focus: Has geopolitics trumped legal nuance on sanctions?
Lord Leggatt's dissenting judgment in Shvidler case bemoans 'serious invasion of liberty'.
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NewsMotor finance: Supreme Court upholds lender appeals
Judgment dashing the hopes of claims firms was timed for Friday afternoon on advice of Financial Conduct Authority to avoid ‘market disorder’.
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NewsMiscarriage of justice watchdog reviews failed IPP applications
CCRC to look again at past cases involving young people after appeal court quashes two indeterminate sentences.
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NewsHundreds sign petition calling for SQE reform
Anonymous trainee says the exam has taken a severe toll on their mental, financial and physical wellbeing.
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NewsPogust Goodhead threatens action over 'unlawful conspiracy' to undermine case
Mining giant BHP dismisses Pogust Goodhead’s allegations ‘in their entirety’.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency data breach bigger than first thought
Data going back 18 years may have been accessed, including information linked to the partners of applicants.
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NewsTweeting solicitor avoids suspension but must attend antisemitism course
Bradford practitioner ordered to complete at least 14 hours of diversity and anti-racism training and pay £63,000 costs.
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NewsReading Crown Court tests fast-track case pilot
A fast-track trial pilot is under way at the Crown court in Reading to try and expedite cases which are most likely to crack, after the backlog of cases reached a 25-year high last month.
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NewsCourt of Appeal quashes murder conviction - again
Conviction unsafe as trial judge ‘did not carry out the required assessment’ under section 125 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
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NewsNew legal aid portal coming soon, MoJ confirms
New system will be introduced in September - but may not mark end of months of disruption for legal aid lawyers.
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NewsStrike-off for failure to declare money in divorce settlement
Partner did not consider his interest in the firm to be a matrimonial asset, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal hears.
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NewsSRA and City watchdog fire joint warning on motor finance claims
Law firms and CMCs must tell consumers about any free redress scheme, practitioners told.
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NewsDay of reckoning looms for motor finance claims
Lords Reed, Hodge, Lloyd-Jones, Briggs and Hamblen will be deliver judgment in closely watched case on Friday.