News – Page 14
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NewsFormer SSB clients dumped again as lawyers back away
Cavity wall claimants moved on to third set of solicitors since January.
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NewsBar legal aid champion Sidhu to face tribunal
Former Criminal Bar Association chair denies sexual harassment claims.
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NewsSRA charges two more solicitors after immigration sting
Solicitors from London and Birmingham will face hearings before SDT.
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NewsCity firm IT worker took two laptops and sold them for £500
Ashurst service desk analyst claimed he had retrieved missing items.
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NewsSolicitors sanctioned over failure to advise clients about risks of care home scheme
Fine for experienced conveyancing solicitor was appropriate for failure to advise clients adequately or at all, SRA says.
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NewsParalegal handling 240 cases fabricated attendance notes
SRA says Bristol-based paralegal acted dishonestly and without integrity in claiming to have made telephone calls.
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NewsUnpaid staff at closed Liverpool firms blame SRA
SRA says its role was to shut legal practices BPS Solicitors and Langtons Law, not manage the businesses.
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NewsFirst step to AI regulation as government signs up to Council of Europe framework
Convention will require assessments of systems' impact on human rights, democracy and the law.
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NewsDirector rebuked by SRA for drink-driving conviction
Solicitors Regulation Authority says rebuke is an ‘appropriate outcome’ for isolated and out-of-character incident.
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NewsSolicitor to face tribunal following stalking conviction
Former City associate pleaded guilty last year to offences under the Protection from Harassment Act.
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NewsSRA forced to delay rise in compensation fund levies
Delay comes as super-regulator investigates the event behind the planned levy increase - the collapse of Axiom Ince.
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NewsLong hours culture 'contributing to equality, diversity and inclusion failure'
Legal Services Board suggests regulators may need to become more active in tackling systemic barriers.
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NewsSRA shuts down two Liverpool claims firms on the same day
Managers of Langtons and BPS Solicitors also subject to intervention.
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NewsSolicitor suspended one month after losing counterclaim
Corporate transaction specialist and two of her related firms subject to SRA intervention.
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NewsUS firm ‘disappointed’ over SRA’s money laundering compliance charges
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett says no money laundering occurred and no harm was done to any client.
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NewsVaccine campaign solicitor denied chance to call experts at SDT
Tribunal urges parties to focus on whether legal letters constituted misconduct.
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NewsParalegal barred for dishonesty in job application
SRA finds that law graduate did not disclose fundamental dishonesty finding in personal injury claim.
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NewsTop media lawyer to face charges of 'improper' threat of litigation
Christopher Hutchings rejects SRA’s charge ’in the strongest terms’ and says tribunal case will be 'robustly defended'.
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NewsNational firm hit with £22k fine for AML breaches
Firm caused no harm but is penalised with 2.4% of its annual turnover.
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NewsCollapsed SSB's assets won't even cover administration
Creditors left tens of millions out of pocket as agreement reached on extra funds to handle windup of collapsed Sheffield law firm.