News – Page 52
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NewsCourt orders that SRA be given access to shut down firm’s files
Solicitor subject to intervention said former clients did not need regulator to be involved.
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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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NewsSRA 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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NewsEx-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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NewsSociety 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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NewsIrwin 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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NewsSRA wants to see evidence gathered from Pandora papers leak
Regulator pledges to investigate wherever there are signs of potential misconduct.
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News'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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NewsMoJ 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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NewsSolicitor leaves private practice to start ‘more ethical’ business
Court of Protection lawyer launched not-for-profit company last month.
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NewsSolicitor 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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NewsSRA wins more government lawtech cash
Award of £168,000 from business department will go to improving legal access within local communities.
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NewsTop sports lawyer denies central role in football transfer payments
Liz Ellen, former partner with Mishcon de Reya, tells tribunal that she was a junior staff member at the time.
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NewsMishcon gave ‘element of trust’ to murky football transfers, tribunal hears
Firm alleged to have used client account as banking facility for transfers involving football club.
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NewsSRA under pressure to demand more price transparency
Legal Services Board says frontline regulators must ‘tighten up’ compliance.
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NewsMishcon de Reya's last-minute admission to SDT ruled to be unfair
Former Mishcon partner was 'effectively ambushed' by admissions at such a late stage.
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NewsQC report accuses City firm of acting with conflict of interest
Fieldfisher subject to criticisms in hard-hitting report into surveyors’ professional body.
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NewsComplained-about conveyancers to pay more for ombudsman
Council for Licensed Conveyancers proposes rule change to strip out cost of complaint service.
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NewsRebuke for CPS solicitor who shared offensive Facebook posts
Senior prosecutor was reported to have posted links to petition organised by the group Britain First.
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NewsBar to review aptitude test with just 0.7% fail rate
The Bar Course Aptitude Test is 'not operating as an effective filter', says regulator.