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Struck-off solicitor may face civil restraint order after 'misconceived' appeal fails
Farid El Diwany must also pay £13,000 in costs to the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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Solicitor fined £40,000 over botched pro bono work
Tribunal finds that calculated and repeated misconduct 'fundamentally undermined' reputation of legal profession.
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NHS trust warns staff about solicitors 'coercing' vulnerable patients
Employees at Leeds General Infirmary and St James’s alerted to alleged incidents of patients lacking capacity being pressured to sign documents.
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SRA plans for income-linked fines 'excessive and unjustified'
Law Society responds to regulator’s proposals to take solicitors’ means into account when setting penalties.
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News focus: COLPs and COFAs convene in Birmingham
A worsening economic climate was high on the agenda at the annual COLPs and COFAs conference – and delegates heard that a single regulator for legal services remains an aspiration at Westminster.
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Solicitor with 'complete blind spot' for client care suspended
Yorkshire lawyer did nothing to stop fraudster from exploiting his vulnerable client.
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End of complaints backlog inevitable, ombudsman predicts
Buoyant complaints handler set to increase budget by 9.6% to fund salary increases.
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Phishers forge SRA chair Bradley’s email
Gazette journalists among recipients of 'malicious email' seeking login details.
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SRA poised to issue SLAPPs warning
New communication will define what constitutes strategic litigation against public participation.
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Single legal regulator a 'live conversation' at Westminster
COLPs and COFAs conference also hears that the SRA will be keeping close tabs on client accounts as economic conditions worsen.
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Junior lawyers won’t have to ‘turn in’ bullying workmates
SRA to press ahead with new conduct rules that will further clamp down on bullying, discrimination and harassment.
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Solicitor fined over convictions for assault and drink driving
Incidents happened within days of each other in the summer of 2021.
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Struck-off siblings' appeal dismissed
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal right to find 'complete departure' from the standards expected of profession.
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SRA all in favour of transparency - except its own
Regulator declines to reveal the credentials of its adjudicators.
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SRA reported £149m of ‘suspicious activity’ last year
Chair Anna Bradley says regulator 'significantly increased' resources dedicated to preventing and detecting money laundering.
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‘Reckless’ firm not meeting AML requirements fined £2,000
Yorkshire firm agrees sanction for failure to have compliant risk assessment in place.
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Ex-Eversheds trainee banned following sexual assault convictions
Thomas Hagyard was jailed for eight years this month for assaulting two women at a house party.
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CLC renews push for firms to switch regulator
Conveyancing regulator says numbers are picking up now that issues regarding run-off cover and lender panels have been resolved.
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SDT orders ‘swamped’ solicitor to pay £14,000 for complaints failings
Former manager admitted failing to respond promptly to complaints about his firm.
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A privileged spotlight?
Forthright Gazette reader comments were read out at the launch event of the Spotlight on Corruption report, 'A privileged profession?'.