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NewsSRA visits 85 firms in a year as part of AML crackdown
Professional supervisor figures give indication of work being done to enforce regulations.
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SRA in new drive to 'sell' unbundling to reluctant solicitors
Pilot will allow firms to share ideas and experiences, amid continued concerns about unmet need.
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Ex-Slater and Gordon solicitor misled clients over struck-out claims
Clients were kept hanging on for months thinking their claims were progressing, tribunal hears.
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Immigration solicitor fails to overturn second strike-off decision
Practitioner unsuccessfully claimed he was victim of entrapment over TV sting on sham marriages.
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Society ponders SDT support for lawyers
Chancery Lane says there is ‘inequality of arms between the individual solicitor and the prosecution in the tribunal’.
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Irwin Mitchell fined £9,000 for switching clients to CFAs
Regulator says firm did not ensure clients were in position to make informed decision in 2013.
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Second paralegal from firm banned for false call logs
Lauren Gibb admitted recording phantom calls to increase her daily units and meet targets.
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SRA wants to see evidence gathered from Pandora papers leak
Regulator pledges to investigate wherever there are signs of potential misconduct.
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Sibling solicitors banned after pocketing £2.9m from scheme advice
Tribunal finds law firm partners deliberately failed to properly advise clients to preserve income.
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'Rotten culture': London law society blasts SDT treatment of young solicitors
President of Westminster & Holborn Law Society says junior lawyers are losing their careers in ‘disproportionate numbers’.
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Solicitor fined for trying to levy extra charge on property sale
Consultant told clients that he had discussed matter with his managing partner.
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Manager banned for selling firm’s devices on black market
Bristol firm dismissed employee after routine audit found he had over-ordered equipment for personal gain.
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Solicitor rebuked after failing to check fraudster client
North east practitioner sanctioned after admitting misconduct over aborted declaration of trust.
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Firm and its owner fined £27,500 over inadequate client due diligence
Sanctions imposed after multiple breaches of money laundering regulations.
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MoJ set for talks over possible alternative to Legal Ombudsman
Regulators still hope complaints handler will improve but open to discussing other options.
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Tribunal rejects ‘wokeism’ defence from solicitor who made insensitive comments
Sole practitioner is struck off over a ‘pattern of non-compliance’, but he will appeal.
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Solicitor leaves private practice to start ‘more ethical’ business
Court of Protection lawyer launched not-for-profit company last month.
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Solicitor claims discrimination against SRA over epic 15-year dispute
Michael Casson brought claims of age, race and religious discrimination against the regulator.
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Trainee solicitor banned by SRA after tampering with email dates
Liverpool-based trainee said his actions were a result of him trying to keep up with his work.
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Solicitor fined for sending offensive tweets to MPs
One message included derogatory and offensive language in respect of an MP’s child.
