All Regulation and compliance articles – Page 57
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NewsSRA to boost fining powers by over 1,000% to £25k
Regulator will make decisions in-house rather than send them to the tribunal and incur extra time and cost.
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NewsIn-house solicitor kept quiet about fees paid to family member
General counsel at Volkswagen engaged relative to do work and approved invoices.
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NewsBarrister wins appeal over disbarment for sexual assault
Lawyer had been given a six-month suspended sentence for assault while on a 'drunken bender'.
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News'Textbook SLAPP': Oligarch’s libel lawyers reported to SRA
Discreet Law previously acted for ‘Putin’s chef’ Yevgeny Prigozhin in claim against journalist.
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NewsEmployee banned for posing as divorce expert
Former Gateley manager induced ‘client’ to pay money directly to him under false pretences.
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NewsPrincipal fined for not paying counsel’s £29,000 fees
SRA says solicitor compounded misconduct by ignoring county court order to settle invoice.
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NewsDechert ex-partner leaked to press and ‘plainly lied’ in court – judge
Neil Gerrard ‘negligent and for the most part reckless' over advice to Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation, High Court finds.
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NewsBar watchdog ‘must do better’ on investigations, DG admits
Mark Neale says regulator must speed up ‘agonising’ investigations into barristers.
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NewsSRA asks when solicitors' misconduct should be wiped from record
New consultation on how much information should be published and kept by solicitors’ regulator.
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NewsSRA intervenes after venerable Wales firm enters liquidation
Firm cites rising indemnity insurance costs as key factor behind closure.
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NewsLitigant banned over ‘unjustified’ complaints to regulators
Judge extends civil restraint order on nurse who made ‘allegations of dishonesty or discrimination’ against lawyers.
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NewsPC fee to rise - but overall practising bills will fall
Chief executive strives to make the SRA ‘as efficient and effective as possible’.
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NewsLegal services escape latest Russia sanctions
New restrictions cover consulting, accountancy and PR but not law firms, Gazette understands.
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NewsKhan seeks to appeal High Court order over files
Soophia Khan has asked for order requiring her to hand over files by 4pm today to be stayed.
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NewsSRA chief admits ethnicity pay gap figure is ‘not acceptable’
In first report, regulator says disparity is due to white staff accounting for 88% of best-paid staff.
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NewsSRA obtains fresh order for Khan to deliver up files
Solicitor Soophia Khan says her release from prison should have marked end of dispute with regulator.
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NewsSRA granted access to more Post Office documents
Regulator is now a core participant in inquiry as BBC Panorama broadcasts revelations about the role of lawyers.
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NewsDefence counsel backs ‘naming and shaming’ oligarch solicitors
War in Ukraine a ‘generational moment’ says media lawyer Adelaide Lopez - who is 'pessimistic' about effective SRA regulation.