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NewsCleared lawyer must pay £534,000 defence costs, SDT rules
Tribunal in Liz Ellen case says there is no good reason to deviate from default position of a no costs order.
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Cleared lawyer asks for SRA to cover her £534,000 defence costs
Tribunal told that SRA’s prosecution of Liz Ellen was ‘legally and factually flawed’.
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City watchdog appoints new general counsel
Stephen Braviner Roman, who was a key adviser to the government on Brexit, will join the Financial Conduct Authority in February.
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Solicitor used estate money to clear overdraft while client was in prison
Practitioner failed to secure monies intended for vulnerable client from his dead mother’s estate.
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Tribunal slashes costs awards to SRA
SDT granted regulator £3.9m in costs following prosecution in past two years, compared with £6m costs awarded in previous two years.
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Trainee solicitor cleared after giving colleague suggestive Christmas card
Tribunal finds adjudicator had not considered whether trainee had affected reputation of profession.
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Increase in BSB staff not ‘reasonable or proportionate’ - Bar Council
The General Council of the Bar is consulting on a 4.5% overall increase in practising certificate fees.
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Khan released from bench warrant after 'surrendering herself to the court'
Mr Justice Leech adjourns hearing of SRA committal application until 17 December.
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Complaints about barristers’ conduct soar
Bar Standards Board reports ‘dramatic increase’ in reports of inappropriate social media use.
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High Court to hear Khan case seven days after arrest warrant issued
Committal hearing in The Law Society of England and Wales v Sophia Khan Law Limited listed for today.
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Solicitor struck off after almost £600k of client money vanished
Compensation fund - paid for by the profession - required to pay back wronged conveyancing clients.
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Mystery surrounds solicitor's case five days after arrest warrant
Mr Justice Fancourt's decision in relation to Soophia Khan, 41, has since made national headlines.
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Retired solicitor agrees to strike-off over filing delay
Veteran practitioner admits seeking to conceal a late submission to the property tribunal.
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Proposed football regulator ‘will need lawyers’
A recommended independent regulator for English football will require ‘experts from the finance, legal, economics and football industries’.
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Solicitor grossly inflated his hours to ‘avoid adverse scrutiny’
Probate work which required 15 hours was put down by solicitor as taking more than 500.
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SRA chief tells firms to ‘take the rough with the smooth’ over PII hikes
Regulators have no intention at this stage of stepping in to reduce minimum terms and conditions for insurance.
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SRA says fines no longer enough for sexual misconduct
Regulator questions whether financial penalties are likely to ‘meet public expectations’.
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High Court issues warrant for prominent solicitor’s arrest
Mr Justice Fancourt issues a bench warrant not backed for bail for Soophia Khan after she failed to attend a committal hearing this morning.
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Solicitor fined £30,000 for providing banking facility to fraudster
Experienced practitioner had 'misplaced belief in the honesty' of long-time acquaintance.
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Society and sole practitioners condemn run-off cover proposals
'SRA has today outlined its intention to make the marketplace less safe for consumers', says president.
