News – Page 4
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NewsSRA ethics training plans 'too prescriptive'
Birmingham Law Society says shakeup of continuing competence could add £100m to cost of providing legal services.
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NewsCILEX to campaign for Legal Services Act review
Chief executive wants legal executives to be firmly established as third branch of the legal profession.
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NewsCity partner fined £25,000 over payments to yacht owner
SRA says now-retired solicitor disregarded obligations by allowing client account to be used as a banking facility.
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NewsLSB ‘lost its way’ and failed consumers, scathing review finds
Ministers urged to reform legal services regulation amid damaging market failures.
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NewsSRA takes aim at litigation funding
Proposed new requirements focus on 'one of the areas of greatest harm and risk: third-party litigation funding'.
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NewsSolicitor who ‘abandoned’ firm leading to £160,000 shortfall is suspended
Sole practitioner lacked integrity and had ‘caused direct harm to his clients’, SDT finds.
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NewsCity watchdog charges solicitor with insider dealing
Ex-Goodwin practitioner worked on a corporate acquisition and allegedly used information obtained to deal in securities.
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NewsOmbudsman misses targets amid soaring complaint numbers
Annual report shows residential conveyancing remains by far the largest source of grievance.
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NewsManchester 'top lawyer' struck off over sexually motivated messages
Veteran solicitor admits sending unwanted messages to three women – including a barrister instructed by his firm.
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NewsBarrister disbarred for dishonesty in immigration proceedings
Practitioner 'represented people where he had a clear interest in the outcome of the case and made dishonest and misleading statements'.
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NewsMore than half of consumers report problems with claims firms
SRA reveals it now has 94 open investigations relating to high-volume consumer claims.
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NewsKC overturns disbarment over Oxford University claim
Tribunal was wrong to impose the ultimate sanction 'merely because dishonesty is present', High Court rules.
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NewsSolicitor suspended for touching junior colleagues and racist remarks
Conduct at Christmas party did not require firm partner to be struck off, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal rules.
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NewsFinancial head at PM Law banned for fabricating bank balances
Group closed suddenly in February with £40m of client money missing.
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NewsSRA’s transparency pause is misguided, says consumer champion
Panel chair says SRA has wrongly overlooked importance of firms publishing information about their services.
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NewsCity firm boss queries FCA's capacity to regulate lawyers
Norton Rose Fulbright chair adds her voice to concerns about upcoming changes to anti-money laundering regulation.
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NewsSolicitor missed deadline then created 'typo' cover-up story
Dorset senior associate falsely claimed his secretary had been responsible for faulty email address.
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NewsSolicitor who shut his firm then ghosted the SRA fined £20,000
Regulator tried in vain to speak to long-practising sole practitioner at his home.
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NewsNo need to change ethical regulation, says bar
Survey responses show pressure from clients and maintaining independence are the most significant ethical challenges facing barristers.
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NewsSolicitor banned over ‘chaotic’ practice putting clients at risk
Firm failed to carry out client account reconciliations for years, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal finds.