News – Page 108
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NewsNo case for ban on paid McKenzie friends – regulators
LSB and SRA agree there is not enough evidence of consumer detriment to support judges’ proposed ban.
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NewsAuthor of damning report on expert witnesses faces disciplinary hearing
Professor Jane Ireland is alleged to have drawn conclusions that were not justified by the evidence in 2012 report funded by Family Justice Council.
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NewsConveyancer regulator presses ahead with PII reforms
Law Society warns of risk that closing firms will switch regulators to avoid run-off premium.
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NewsSRA rebukes judges investigated for viewing pornography
Outcomes agreed with solicitors named by Judicial Conduct Investigations Office.
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NewsPC fee represents ‘poor value’ – LSB report
Research shows lack of awareness of what practising certificate fee pays for.
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NewsNew judgment ‘kills’ unbundled legal services
Chancery Lane calls for statutory protection after ruling framed with reference to unbundled services ‘sends a signal that people should be very cautious about accepting limited retainers’.
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NewsSRA bans ‘solicitor’ who lied to senior judges
Mohammed Kabba of Kidlington, Oxfordshire, had been jailed for 16 months for attempting to pervert the course of justice.
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NewsLeigh Day ‘paid £75,000 in prohibited referral fees’ – SRA
Regulator publishes details of charges against two solicitors relating to claims against British soldiers in Iraq.
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Bar chief hails public access ‘opportunity’
Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC said that while public access has increased competition, it also has brought new work to solicitors.
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NewsImmigration bar slams solicitors over ‘poor’ standards
‘Unanimous and strong’ opinion of immigration chambers is that clients experience poor standards of service.
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NewsConsumer watchdog warns of interpreters acting as ‘introducers’
Legal Services Consumer Panel identifies three priority areas for Legal Services Board to work on.
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NewsSRA promises ‘sensitive’ mental health support
Chief executive Paul Philip says solicitors can tell the regulator if things are getting difficult.
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NewsBar regulator clears penultimate hurdle to licensing ABSs
Subject to the lord chancellor’s rubber stamp, the Bar Standards Board will be able to regulate non-lawyer-owned legal firms.
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Barrister disbarred after lying to judge about PC
Katrina McCarthy told a district judge that she had been instructed by a solicitors’ firm.
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NewsRegulator in danger of ‘eroding confidence’ in the bar
Bar Standards Board suggests that growing commercial pressures could tempt barristers to take risks that harm consumers.
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NewsSole practitioners criticise ‘threatening’ diversity survey
Solicitors Regulation Authority says it will run diversity questionnaire every two years instead of annually, following criticism from sole practitioners.
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NewsSociety hits out at accountants’ legal services plan
Allowing chartered accountancy body to regulate providers of reserved legal activities would confuse consumers.
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NewsSRA warns against money laundering ‘complacency’
Firms generally good at tacking money laundering but regulator is investigating evidence of malpractice.
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NewsLawyers call for SFO funding boost ahead of anti-corruption summit
Legal and accountancy bodies unite to voice their support for renewed anti-corruption drive.
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NewsSlashing back the SRA Handbook could be ‘too much’ – LSB
SRA ‘moving in the right direction’ but firms could struggle to cope with wholesale review of the handbook, super-regulator warns.