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‘Know your client’ questions caught out bitcoin money launderer
Woman convicted on one count of entering into or becoming concerned in a money laundering arrangement at Southwark Crown Court.
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Society picks up industry award for disability work
Chancery Lane's head of diversity and inclusion says award is culmination of several years' work.
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Firms urged not to drop aspiring solicitors who fail SQE1
Candidates had their results this week, with reports that some firms rescinded training contract offers to those who did not pass.
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Law Society rules out sale of president’s residence
Number 60 Carey Street, near the body’s headquarters, will be redeveloped as a 'heritage asset'.
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SRA can’t tell us whom to represent, says regulatory specialist
Kingsley Napley’s Iain Miller says lawyers are entitled to advance claims that may not succeed.
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Formal warning for district judge following firm’s multiple complaints
Judge did not agree her actions amounted to misconduct but accepted some of her comments were ‘intemperate’.
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Firm appeals strike-out refusal over alleged negligence claim
Case concerns interpretations of the word 'claim', Court of Appeal hears.
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Prince Harry seeks to amend Sun claim to include allegations dating back to childhood
Application hearing, before Mr Justice Fancourt, was heard today in the Rolls building.
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'Snailmail only' solicitor wins employment appeal
'Claimant has not helped himself by insisting on only accepting correspondence by post and by the combative tone of his letters,' judge rules.
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Woman 'signed documents at solicitors’ offices' in alleged identity fraud
Court hears of alleged plot to sell property without owners’ permission.
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SRA brings forward plans to extend its reach over CILEX members
CILEX paralegals and students were not part of the Solicitors Regulation Authority's initial takeover plan.
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Judge gives MP Bridgen chance to amend case in Hancock tweet dispute
Claim by MP Andrew Bridgen against former health secretary Matthew Hancock ‘defective’ but ‘capable of being cured’.
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Mother breached security to smuggle knife into court building
Judgment reveals security breach and outlines measures to ensure safety of staff during future hearing.
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AML crackdown: SRA reveals more fines
Firms in the east Midlands and south east sanctioned by the solicitors regulator.
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Resurrect royal commission on criminal justice, LCJ suggests
Government promised commission in 2019 election manifesto but it was subsequently kicked into long grass.
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Interest buoys law firm profits as productivity dips again
Law Society’s annual financial benchmarking survey also reveals that firms are broadly optimistic about their 2024 trading prospects.
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Litigation funding legislation introduced into Lords
Government proposes measure to reverse Supreme Court’s ruling in PACCAR.
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Firm led by fashion designer shut down by the SRA
Regulator says there was reason to suspect dishonesty on the part of firm’s owner.
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Yellow circle wars: Lidl wins Court of Appeal round
Trial judge's findings over wordless mark were 'surprising', but not rationally unsupportable.
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One in five bar pupils experiences bullying, harassment or discrimination
Bar Council’s latest pupil survey explores pupillage experience, finding 94% would ‘definitely’ or ‘possibly’ recommend a career at the bar.