All Regulation and compliance articles – Page 34
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NewsConveyancer offered discounts - to clients paying him directly
Firm’s internal audit found nine occasions when clients paid into salaried partner’s personal account.
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News'Cold' lawyers lack empathy, new LSB research finds
Super-regulator discusses whether soft skills should form part of ongoing professional development.
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NewsSuper-regulator backs campaign for higher penalties
LSB has been 'concerned for some time' about the SRA's lack of effective fining powers.
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NewsBan for firm owner who acted in cemetery investment scheme
Sale of exclusive burial rights 'bore common characteristics' of fraud.
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NewsSolicitor fined for drink-driving granted anonymity
SDT agrees that publication of an agreed outcome which identified the respondent would 'violate' her human rights.
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NewsMail sting: SRA asks government for unlimited fining power
Regulator cites the case of immigration lawyers intervened in following newspaper report.
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NewsSolicitor who repaid £147,500 after resigning is struck off
Private wealth solicitor admits to backdating document and authorising loans from client account.
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NewsSRA shuts down firms and solicitors named in Mail sting
Regulator acts within days of call for urgent action from justice secretary.
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FeatureDecisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
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OpinionWatchdog barks
CMA's launch of a consumer enforcement investigation, focusing on will-writing, pre-paid probate plans and online divorce, suprised solicitors last week.
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NewsChalk asks SRA to look again at immigration solicitors
Lord chancellor urges regulator to show that abuse of system will not be tolerated.
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NewsSolicitor who swore at counsel should be named, judge rules
‘AB/X’ is accused of breaching the code of conduct at abandoned costs hearing.
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NewsSRA investigating after Mail’s covert sting on immigration lawyers
Prime minister cites report as evidence of lawyers 'propping up system of exploitation'.
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NewsDentons to face SDT over wealth checks on former client
Firm says it has co-operated with investigation and is committed to compliance.
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FeatureDecisions and intervention
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
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NewsBarrister disbarred for sexual harassment
Robert Michael Kearney had a previous disciplinary history for similar conduct.
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NewsSharp rise in SRA spending on disciplinary processes
Regulator also investigating solicitor conduct in dozens of bulk compensation claims.
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NewsPII trends: seven in 10 firms still lack cyber-insurance
First Law Society survey of professional indemnity insurance since 2018 also tracks huge increase in premiums as market hardened.
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NewsProbate leads Compensation Fund payouts
Largest payment in 2021/22 was £680,000 in a probate matter where a firm had taken client money, corporate report reveals.
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NewsSolicitor who shared research with fellow jurors faces SDT
Practitioner was jailed for two months last year after she caused child sexual abuse trial to be halted.