News – Page 11
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Allegations against trainee dismissed due to lack of meeting note
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal said it was ‘placed in the position of deciding which recollection it preferred’.
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Super-regulator backs campaign for higher penalties
LSB has been 'concerned for some time' about the SRA's lack of effective fining powers.
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Ban for firm owner who acted in cemetery investment scheme
Sale of exclusive burial rights 'bore common characteristics' of fraud.
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Solicitor fined for drink-driving granted anonymity
SDT agrees that publication of an agreed outcome which identified the respondent would 'violate' her human rights.
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Mail sting: SRA asks government for unlimited fining power
Regulator cites the case of immigration lawyers intervened in following newspaper report.
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Solicitor who repaid £147,500 after resigning is struck off
Private wealth solicitor admits to backdating document and authorising loans from client account.
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SRA shuts down firms and solicitors named in Mail sting
Regulator acts within days of call for urgent action from justice secretary.
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Chalk asks SRA to look again at immigration solicitors
Lord chancellor urges regulator to show that abuse of system will not be tolerated.
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Solicitor who swore at counsel should be named, judge rules
‘AB/X’ is accused of breaching the code of conduct at abandoned costs hearing.
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SRA investigating after Mail’s covert sting on immigration lawyers
Prime minister cites report as evidence of lawyers 'propping up system of exploitation'.
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Dentons to face SDT over wealth checks on former client
Firm says it has co-operated with investigation and is committed to compliance.
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Barrister disbarred for sexual harassment
Robert Michael Kearney had a previous disciplinary history for similar conduct.
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Sharp rise in SRA spending on disciplinary processes
Regulator also investigating solicitor conduct in dozens of bulk compensation claims.
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PII trends: seven in 10 firms still lack cyber-insurance
First Law Society survey of professional indemnity insurance since 2018 also tracks huge increase in premiums as market hardened.
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Probate leads Compensation Fund payouts
Largest payment in 2021/22 was £680,000 in a probate matter where a firm had taken client money, corporate report reveals.
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Solicitor who shared research with fellow jurors faces SDT
Practitioner was jailed for two months last year after she caused child sexual abuse trial to be halted.
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Seven in 10 legal executives reluctant to switch regulator
Changing current regulatory regime 'not a priority' and CILEX and CILEx Regulation told to stop bickering.
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Doubts remain over SQE's social mobility objectives
Regulator says centralised assessment functioning well but solicitors remain concerned.
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Owner who 'blended' client and office monies fined by SRA
Yorkshire principal also held on to money belonging to expectant beneficiaries for too long.
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Frustrated MoJ unable to report solicitor for 'serious conduct breaches'
Accused lawyer in long-running 'charade' is protected by an anonymity order.