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NewsRegulators urged to help legal executives escape Mazur nightmare
Practitioners say job cuts have already started as firms react to seismic judgment.
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NewsSolicitor who hid case collapse for 10 years admits lies
Clinical negligence practitioner talked about getting medical reports for case that had long since ended.
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News£700 motor finance compensation a 'kick in the teeth', lawyers say
Average compensation from FCA scheme is likely to be less than car buyers were first told.
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NewsLaw firm hits back at accusations of profiting from Mazur
Legal executives say CILEX is still misleading members about authority to conduct litigation.
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NewsManager from failed firm barred by the SRA
Owner of Liverpool firm High Street Solicitors and its successor practice failed to disclose winding up petition.
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NewsTell clients about potential exit fees, SRA orders firms
SRA joins with Financial Conduct Authority in its campaign against misleading marketing.
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NewsSRA to pay £27,000 over wrongful dishonesty charge
Tribunal rejects suggestion that SRA adjudicators acted independently of regulator.
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NewsLeaked webinar reveals CILEX members were misled pre-Mazur
Legal executives talk of being disheartened and embarrassed as cases taken away from them.
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NewsCILEX defends its messaging to members over litigation rights
Professional body says it understands frustration of legal executives but offers no apology.
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NewsLaw Society wades in on Mazur - but SRA still silent
Profession needs clarity on statutory boundaries for conducting litigation, Chancery Lane says.
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NewsLondon lawyer fined £17,000 for bad property investment advice
City solicitor also admitted failing to supervise staff member advising on investments.
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NewsLegal executives given wrong advice about litigation rights
CILEX was wrongly telling members that law firm employees could conduct litigation as recently as December 2023.
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NewsIn depth: Lawyers advised on how to counter money laundering risk
Solicitors attending Law Society's economic crime conference urged not to treat risk assessments as tick-box exercises.
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NewsSRA may increase PC fees to deal with surge in misconduct reports
Regulator struggling under the weight of thousands of complaints coming in every month.
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NewsSRA backs away from sweeping changes to client account
Regulator still mulling long-term reform but concedes major revamp unlikely in near future.
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NewsSRA pledges crackdown on misleading 'no win, no fee' marketing
Regulator also concerned that individual client needs are being overlooked.
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NewsTax adviser legislation will place ‘undue burden’ on legal professionals, says Law Society
Conveyancers particularly at risk, as tax commentator Dan Neidle also warns that measures will not thwart ‘bad actors’.
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NewsLate-qualified solicitor 'out of his depth' before career-ending mistake
Activity log revealed that practitioner removed client email to conceal fact he had not dealt with it.
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NewsLawyers cut out as FCA tries to close motor finance floodgates
HD Law could be forgiven for expecting its Supreme Court win to open the floodgates for more cases involving hidden commissions in motor finance deals, but the City regulator has other ideas.
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NewsBarrister's Oxford falsehood leads to disbarment
Tribunal chair laments silk's 'reckless, foolish and completely unnecessary lie'.