Compliance & Regulation


Bar Council issues warning over Garrick Club membership

28 March 2024

The Bar Council said yesterday that membership of the men-only Garrick Club creates “the potential for unfair advantage” when it came to practitioners needing references to become judges.


MPs urge SRA to speed up investigation into SSB collapse

28 March 2024

The Solicitors Regulation Authority needs to speed up its investigation into the collapse of Sheffield law firm SSB Law, MPs said this week, with one calling out “dodgy” solicitors.


Legal Services Board adds £1.75m to levy on legal profession

28 March 2024

The Legal Services Board is set to trim back the increase in its budget for the coming year to 10%, while also approving a 7% rise in the Legal Ombudsman’s budget.


MPs’ support for Legal Services Act review divides opinion

26 March 2024

MPs’ backing for a review of legal regulation has split opinion in the market, pitching the Legal Services Consumer Panel and Professor Stephen Mayson against the Law Society.


SRA fines “unfair” and “schizophrenic”, solicitors argue

25 March 2024

The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s approach to fines has been branded unfair and “schizophrenic” in the wake of hefty penalties handed out to solicitors convicted of drink-driving.


Ex-solicitor struck off for bribes fails in bid to return to profession

25 March 2024

A former solicitor struck off after being jailed for five years for perverting the course of justice has failed in his attempt to return to the profession.


MPs: Case to review Legal Services Act “growing stronger and stronger”

22 March 2024

The case for re-examining the regulatory framework created by the Legal Services Act 2007 is “growing stronger and stronger”, MPs have told the government.


Miller: Who lawyers decide to act for is not a regulatory issue

22 March 2024

Who lawyers choose to act for is not a regulatory issue – and the Solicitors Regulation Authority needs to be clear on this, a leading legal regulatory specialist said yesterday.


Prove you will practise here, BSB to tell transferring overseas lawyers

22 March 2024

The Bar Standards Board could ask foreign lawyers seeking to be called in England and Wales to prove they intend to practise here, it has emerged.


SRA sets out plans to regulate CILEX paralegals and students

21 March 2024

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has outlined its plans to regulate the thousands of Chartered Institute of Legal Executives members who are paralegals and students.


Newly qualified solicitor struck off for false time recording

20 March 2024

A newly qualified solicitor who “falsely recorded time across a number of files” to show his law firm that he was meeting his billing target has been struck off.


Lady Chief Justice speaks out in support of cab-rank rule

20 March 2024

The Lady Chief Justice yesterday spoke out in support of the cab-rank rule, arguing that without it “law and justice become an arbitrary concept”.


Strike-off for solicitor who lied to SRA about firm’s closure

19 March 2024

A solicitor who lied to the Solicitors Regulation Authority after failing to renew his firm’s professional indemnity insurance has been struck off.


Short suspension for junior solicitor who groped colleague

18 March 2024

A male solicitor who groped and propositioned a female colleague at his firm’s Christmas party has been suspended for three months.


Money laundering solicitor finally pays off confiscation order

18 March 2024

A struck-off solicitor and money launderer has finally satisfied the £716,719 confiscation order made against him in 2017, after facing a return to jail.

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