All Regulation and compliance articles – Page 114
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NewsSolicitor ‘gave veneer of respectability’ to £2.8m fraud
Leeds practitioner Stephen Pickard jailed for eight years.
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NewsExclusive: barristers face fee hike to plug Bar Council’s pension deficit
Levy imposed in 2010 to meet ‘very significant’ deficit in employee pension scheme has not proved sufficient to meet a growing funding shortfall.
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NewsLeO fee could almost double - or halve - under tiered payment plan
Solicitors will pay more if ombudsman’s complaints process extends to final decision under three-tier case fee proposal.
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NewsSRA in spat over public warning notice
Regulator defies criticism and publishes its mass media message on ‘get-rich-quick’ solicitors.
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NewsPerfecting the client letter: less is more?
We have to admit that the LSB’s latest oeuvre addresses a worthy subject.
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‘Named and shamed’ barrister banned from public access work
Tariq Rehman failed to ensure chambers were administered competently, tribunal hears.
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NewsSRA yet to receive reports of solicitor touts
Regulator has announced it is stepping up efforts to tackle the problem.
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NewsGovernment seeks views on press legal costs regime
Culture secretary says time is right to consider ‘incentive’ provisions of Crime and Courts Act.
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SRA extends support to youth court challenges
Regulator says it wants to help solicitors achieve the ‘consistently high standards children and young people deserve’.
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NewsBarrister disbarred for attacking Jews and ‘blacks’ on Twitter
Ian Millard posted string of ‘seriously offensive’ tweets.
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NewsBeware ‘get-rich-quick’ solicitors, SRA to warn public
Regulator will use advertising in national newspapers to help get the message across.
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NewsPersonal injury market ‘generally working well’ – SRA study
Independent research for the Solicitors Regulation Authority says market is adapting positively to LASPO.
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NewsFine for drawing client funds to help daughter
Leeds partner was working with consent of late client’s beneficiary but admits 'injudicious and irrational' lapse.
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NewsJailed McKenzie friend facing £12,000 claim
David Bright could be released from prison to answer debt recovery claim.
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NewsSolicitor fined over £2m SDLT avoidance scheme
Kelly Buckle-Fleming acted in transactions where there was a ‘significant risk of conflict’.
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NewsTravel agents bid to crack down on ‘unsubstantiated’ holiday illness claims
ABTA is now collating evidence to present to the Ministry of Justice in a lobbying mission to bring greater regulation.
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NewsSRA armed with data in preparation for new PII battle
Regulator says 98% of indemnity insurance claims analysed settled for less than £580,000.
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NewsFirms will not be forced to publish prices at this stage: SRA
Regulator wants practices to consider what pricing information they could publish on their own websites and in SRA’s digital register.
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NewsBar watchdog cool on competing for ABS business
BSB receiving ‘daily’ enquiries about alternative business structures.
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NewsMcKenzie friend jailed for ‘deceit in family court’
David Bright sentenced to a year for submitting bogus psychology report.