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News‘Status quo isn’t enough’: LSB targets new checks on solicitor competence
Regulators told to ‘make appropriate interventions’ to ensure high standards are maintained after qualification.
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NewsLitigation funder Novitas makes shock exit from the legal market
Departure comes after lender was sanctioned for unfair treatment of client who took out £45,000 loan.
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NewsLord chancellor faces JR over immigration detainees’ legal advice
Detention Action campaign says detainees are at risk of being ‘denied their constitutional right of access to justice’.
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NewsFormer Spanish king claims immunity from English courts
Juan Carlos I argues he has sovereign immunity despite abdicating in 2014.
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NewsSuper-regulator acknowledges that PII costs are driving firms under
Legal Services Board pledges to find ‘possible solutions’ to the hardening professional indemnity insurance market, after the SRA declines to intervene.
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NewsOnline litigant penalised for abuse of process
Defendant counterclaimed for £42,000 after judgment based on intentionally wrong admission.
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NewsCleared lawyer must pay £534,000 defence costs, SDT rules
Tribunal in Liz Ellen case says there is no good reason to deviate from default position of a no costs order.
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NewsMinisterial code can be justiciable, High Court rules
A judicial review claim that Boris Johnson misinterpreted the meaning of the word ‘bullying’ is rejected.
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NewsTwo clients sentenced to prison over fees contempt
Omani respondents failed to attend London hearing either in person or by representation.
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NewsCleared lawyer asks for SRA to cover her £534,000 defence costs
Tribunal told that SRA’s prosecution of Liz Ellen was ‘legally and factually flawed’.
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NewsCity watchdog appoints new general counsel
Stephen Braviner Roman, who was a key adviser to the government on Brexit, will join the Financial Conduct Authority in February.
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NewsNegligence claim against tax silk ‘classic piece of reverse engineering’
Andrew Thornhill QC is accused of giving negligent advice about film financing schemes in the early 2000s.
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NewsCity firms to fund social welfare lawyers
Elite law firms respond to legal advice crisis with £10,000 contributions to new training scheme.
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NewsTribunal slashes costs awards to SRA
SDT granted regulator £3.9m in costs following prosecution in past two years, compared with £6m costs awarded in previous two years.
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NewsHundreds of court staff support strike over Common Platform, union says
Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) says the Common Platform is ‘fundamentally flawed’.
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NewsWomble Bond Dickinson finally fights off negligence claim
Deputy Master Toogood said the pandemic cannot ‘excuse a four-month delay’ in applying to amend pleadings.
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NewsFirm hit by pandemic bought after entering administration
Essex firm said the pandemic had affected its core SME client base.
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NewsLawyers could be referred to regulators for inappropriate urgent applications
Mrs Justice Cockerill says the Hamid jurisdiction is not ‘confined’ to judicial review proceedings.
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NewsIncrease in BSB staff not ‘reasonable or proportionate’ - Bar Council
The General Council of the Bar is consulting on a 4.5% overall increase in practising certificate fees.
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NewsPublishing lawyers’ complaints data won’t help consumers, says Society
Law Society says plans are flawed because complaints data is not meaningful or reliable.