News – Page 3
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NewsLSB tightens grip on bar regulator over reform delays
Legal Services Board escalates enforcement action and will open talks on new undertakings.
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NewsIn depth: 'World’s first AI law firm' targets high street practices
Garfield Law, a pioneering firm providing legal services through AI, has been approved by the SRA. The founders, a City lawyer and a quantum physicist, are targeting LiPs and high street firms
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NewsSpring into action: April blitz on AML breaches
Regulator shows no let-up in disciplinary activity around anti-money laundering compliance.
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News'Appalling': High Court judge alerts regulators over fake case authorities
Barrister instructed by London law centre accused of relying on artificial intelligence to produce citations that turned out to be bogus.
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News'Ping your Lawyer' app struggles to recover client fees amid SRA probe
Lawbit Ltd provided legal services through the closed firm LawBriefs, rendering the firm’s debts difficult to recover.
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NewsSRA approves '£2 letter' AI law firm
AI-powered 'litigation assistant' a breakthrough in legal services, regulator says.
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NewsDirector who failed to comply with court order suspended
Six-month suspension appropriate sanction ‘to protect the public and the reputation of the legal profession’.
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NewsMail sting solicitor 'destroyed' by disciplinary proceedings
SRA interventions should be sanctioned by the High Court, argues Gregory Treverton-Jones KC.
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NewsExpert witnesses warned over high-volume housing claims
Conflict of interest risk when solicitors acting in high-volume cases instruct same expert.
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NewsSolicitor faces £30,000 costs over SRA fine appeal
Tribunal dismisses appeal over £8,000 sanction imposed by adjudicator panel for breach of a property sale undertaking.
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NewsYorkshire firm fined £36,000 over money laundering failings
SRA finds that Holden Smith’s significant conveyancing work was an aggravating factor.
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NewsFirm directors rebuked over dormant client accounts
SRA investigators found hundreds of thousands of pounds untouched for at least three years.
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NewsBar voices 'serious concerns' about regulator's five-year strategy
BSB should prioritise key regulatory activities over new ‘less critical’ projects, Bar Council says.
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NewsSuspension for failure to disclose wife's property conflict
Tribunal finds experienced solicitor ought to have known about dangers of conflict of interest.
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NewsImmigration solicitor concealed visa rejection for more than a year
Partner at London firm had said case was on hold due to the Covid pandemic.
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NewsSociety consults on small PC fee increase
Chancery Lane accounts for under 30% of the annual levy, which was unchanged this year at £307.
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News'We need to be hungrier': SFO boss Nick Ephgrave on his 2025-26 agenda
As Nick Ephgrave publishes his first annual business plan after a full year in the role, the SFO chief tells the Gazette that he wants to deploy his policing expertise to make investigations bolder, speedier and more aggressive.
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NewsPointing the finger
With lawyers’ ethics under increasing scrutiny, the profession’s regulators have come out fighting, issuing a raft of reviews and reports. But deeper cultural change may also be needed, reports Joanna Goodman.
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NewsLaw firm team manager hid lack of complaint progress
Head of new client unit fabricated notes from calls with complainant.
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NewsAccountancy firm fires new warning on client interest threat
Prime, which conducts SRA audits, says solicitors must start making contingency plans in anticipation of losing key profit driver.