News – Page 22
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NewsSRA to charge two firms over ‘abusive litigation’
Regulator defends lack of action on SLAPP cases nearly two years after warning on conduct of disputes.
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NewsSRA conference call
Local government lawyers may struggle to attend the regulator's next in-house conference.
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NewsLSB proposes 14% rise in its annual budget
Oversight regulator will ask lawyers to pay almost £30 each a year for its work.
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NewsNational firm hit with SRA’s fourth-largest fine over AML compliance
Ashfords agrees £101,357 penalty despite regulator's admission that no money laundering or financial crime took place.
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NewsConveyancing assistant barred over secret commissions
Employee also offered clients a discount on costs if they paid him in cash.
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NewsSRA 'was warned' SSB Group posed regulatory risk
Creditor asked the Solicitors Regulation Authority to investigate more than six months ago, the Gazette has learned.
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NewsSRA is upbeat on AI - but warns firms of risks
Technology has 'very high potential', SRA says in latest assessment of risks.
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NewsSRA admits three-month wait to send inspectors into Axiom Ince
Visit consisted of just two investigators and was not considered an 'urgent' inspection, the Gazette has learned.
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NewsSRA 'risks reputational damage' with legal executives takeover
Chancery Lane says regulator has not properly addressed potential impact of proposals on solicitor profession.
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NewsSRA preparing employer guidance to support in-house solicitors
Employers will be told legal teams need time and budget to help meet competence and regulatory requirements.
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NewsThree firms receive first SRA fixed penalties
Chief executive says new regime saves everyone time, cost and stress.
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NewsClaimant firm’s TikTok ads ruled to be misleading
TMS Legal admitted actors who appeared to be genuine clients featured in advertisements.
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NewsAxiom Ince complaints ‘nothing out the ordinary’, SRA says
Regulator says the accounts of collapsed firm, which is now under investigation by the SFO, were ‘well-ordered’ on their face.
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NewsMPs to grill legal chiefs on regulation
Justice committee to question representative bodies and regulators on performance and relationships.
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NewsFormer trainee solicitor barred over past criminal act
Trainee was midway through his training contract when he was convicted.
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News'No confidence': New front opens in CILEX civil war
Rebuff for CILEX members who demanded special general meeting on plans for SRA to regulate legal executives.
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NewsFormer Deloitte solicitor charged over alleged kiss at office party
Solicitor denies committing misconduct at social event in expensive London hotel.
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NewsSRA's legal executive takeover will confuse public, Society warns
Chancery Lane strongly opposes proposals to bring legal executives under Solicitors Regulation Authority's remit.
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NewsExtra cash call for Axiom Ince compensation 'looking likely', says SRA
Regulator edging closer to deciding on interim payment from solicitors and firms to plug massive hole in client account.
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NewsSRA fines firm where client account did not add up
Shortage of £9,300 on the client account was rectified before the SRA finished its inspection and clients suffered no loss.