All Regulation and compliance articles – Page 8
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NewsCourt upholds £50,000 ombudsman award to complaining clients
Judge says solicitor was not entitled to court-style disclosure in the ombudsman process.
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NewsHigh volume claims: SRA investigates 72 firms
Warning notice sets out what regulator expects firms to be telling no win, no fee clients.
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NewsFormer coroner struck off for downplaying rape allegation
Criminal allegations were not pursued but tribunal finds phone call to explain them was dishonest.
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NewsMissed promotions and stranded jobseekers: practitioners sitting in post-Mazur limbo
Practitioners tell the Gazette of feeling humiliated and demoralised by their diminished status - and how it is damaging their careers.
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NewsSRA hit with £50,000 costs order after botched prosecution
Tribunal says SRA investigator was ‘evasive’ and ‘combative’ at times during cross-examination.
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NewsAction needed to save City, says lobby group
UK cannot afford to be complacent amid falling output and productivity and fundamental global changes.
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NewsIn depth: SRA on the ropes over alleged SLAPPs after third defeat
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is licking its wounds over three failed SLAPP prosecutions. Yet amid possible appeals and ‘eye-watering’ costs, the case for new legislation has gained momentum.
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NewsTreasury urged to rethink on tax adviser registration
Council for Licensed Conveyancers says tightly regulated members are not permitted to give tax advice.
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NewsLegal executives in limbo amid authorisation delays
CILEx Regulation says process of obtaining practising rights takes nine weeks on average - practitioners disagree.
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NewsStrike-off for failing to verify known client's ID in person
Meeting a client in person is ‘fundamental’ to certification process, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal rules.
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NewsSolicitor banned for certifying documents online
Director of certification service claimed that documents uploaded to website counted as originals.
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NewsZahawi solicitor overturns SDT's conviction over 'without prejudice' email
Decision was ‘insufficiently analysed and reasoned, vitiated by misdirection and error of law, and unfair’, High Court rules.
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NewsGovernment seeks ‘tougher’ regulation of claims firms by SRA
Justice minister says consumers should receive clear and timely information about funding arrangements.
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NewsSolicitor who tried to involve junior in dishonesty is struck off
Legal executive reported matter to partner as she felt uncomfortable about email exchanges.
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FeatureThe legal profession needs to be wary of AI-generated fraud
Sponsored content. How technology helps law firms tell what’s real, even at a time when AI is making everything easier to spoof.
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OpinionTwo hopeful cases for the legal profession
The outcome of the cases last week, at opposite ends of our continent, bring good news.
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NewsSolicitor cleared but paralegal barred over misleading emails
Solicitor had denied authorising misleading emails about conveyancing transactions.
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NewsSolicitor cleared of telling client to fabricate defence in cricket match-fixing case
No evidence to show that criminal lawyer Shahid Ali encouraged his client, a former professional cricketer, to lie.
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NewsOutrage grows over Lammy’s ’backdoor tax raid’ on solicitors
Controversial proposals to seize client account interest ’will result in law firms failing and place an unmanageable burden on SRA’ .
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NewsFormer London coroner to face SDT over allegedly misleading conduct
Solicitor was removed from coronial office in 2023 for 'downplaying misconduct allegations'.