News – Page 9
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Increase in BSB staff not ‘reasonable or proportionate’ - Bar Council
The General Council of the Bar is consulting on a 4.5% overall increase in practising certificate fees.
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Khan released from bench warrant after 'surrendering herself to the court'
Mr Justice Leech adjourns hearing of SRA committal application until 17 December.
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Complaints about barristers’ conduct soar
Bar Standards Board reports ‘dramatic increase’ in reports of inappropriate social media use.
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High Court to hear Khan case seven days after arrest warrant issued
Committal hearing in The Law Society of England and Wales v Sophia Khan Law Limited listed for today.
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Solicitor struck off after almost £600k of client money vanished
Compensation fund - paid for by the profession - required to pay back wronged conveyancing clients.
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Mystery surrounds solicitor's case five days after arrest warrant
Mr Justice Fancourt's decision in relation to Soophia Khan, 41, has since made national headlines.
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Retired solicitor agrees to strike-off over filing delay
Veteran practitioner admits seeking to conceal a late submission to the property tribunal.
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Proposed football regulator ‘will need lawyers’
A recommended independent regulator for English football will require ‘experts from the finance, legal, economics and football industries’.
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Solicitor grossly inflated his hours to ‘avoid adverse scrutiny’
Probate work which required 15 hours was put down by solicitor as taking more than 500.
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SRA chief tells firms to ‘take the rough with the smooth’ over PII hikes
Regulators have no intention at this stage of stepping in to reduce minimum terms and conditions for insurance.
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SRA says fines no longer enough for sexual misconduct
Regulator questions whether financial penalties are likely to ‘meet public expectations’.
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High Court issues warrant for prominent solicitor’s arrest
Mr Justice Fancourt issues a bench warrant not backed for bail for Soophia Khan after she failed to attend a committal hearing this morning.
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Solicitor fined £30,000 for providing banking facility to fraudster
Experienced practitioner had 'misplaced belief in the honesty' of long-time acquaintance.
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Society and sole practitioners condemn run-off cover proposals
'SRA has today outlined its intention to make the marketplace less safe for consumers', says president.
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Junior misled client for months about case progression
Tribunal hears that former Capsticks solicitor also misled her own firm about what was happening.
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SRA plans to end indemnity cover for retired solicitors
Closure of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund is regulator's preferred option in consultation opening today.
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Treasury highlights 'weaknesses' in anti-money laundering effort
'Significant deficiencies' remain in supervision by 22 legal and accountancy sector regulators.
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SRA seeks big increase in fining powers
£25,000 maximum and fixed penalties for low-level offences proposed in major reform of sanctions.
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Registered foreign lawyer in contempt for failing to deliver files to SRA
Sole proprietor of Stockport firm failed to provide client files in breach of a High Court order, a judge has ruled.
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Conveyancing giant still restoring IT systems after 'security incident'
Regulator says Simplify cannot confirm when restoration will support return to business as usual.