Compliance & Regulation


Drink-drive solicitor who refused breath test did not lack integrity

23 January 2025

A solicitor arrested for failing to provide a sample of his breath after being pulled over for drink-driving did not act with a lack of integrity, the SDT has ruled.


SRA, BSB and CILEX Regulation facing “increased oversight”

23 January 2025

The Solicitors Regulation Authority, Bar Standards Board and CILEX Regulation all require increased oversight, the Legal Services Board has revealed.


Man ordered to pay £10,000 costs for failed LeO judicial review

23 January 2025

A man whose application for permission to bring a judicial review against the Legal Ombudsman was certified as totally without merit has been ordered to pay £10,000 in costs.


Top firm’s COLP “acted reasonably” over concerns about client

21 January 2025

The COLP at leading City law firm Kennedys has been cleared of failing to adequately investigate concerns about a property development it was advising on.


SDT introduces automatic disclosure of documents

21 January 2025

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has introduced a new policy which aims to cut the number of non-party disclosure applications by the press and public.


Post Office scandal “shows that privilege needs urgent reform”

20 January 2025

The Post Office inquiry shows that legal professional privilege presents “significant problems of principle and practice” and needs urgent reform, leading academics have argued.


Pupil suspended for cheating in training exercise

20 January 2025

A first-six pupil barrister who accessed a file without permission that helped her with a training exercise, and then pretended she had not, has been suspended for 18 months.


LSB pressures regulators to improve lawyers’ ethical approach

20 January 2025

Lawyers’ lack of proper regard for ethics, and their “disproportionate focus” on client interests above all else, means regulators need to take action to improve compliance.


Jailed solicitor’s ex-wife made subject to unexplained wealth order

20 January 2025

The Serious Fraud Office has secured its first unexplained wealth order against the ex-wife of Tim Schools, the jailed struck-off solicitor behind the Axiom Fund fraud.


Lawyer “fires” Meta as client over “descent into Neo-Nazi madness”

17 January 2025

A US lawyer representing Meta has publicly announced that he has “fired” the company as a client, citing “Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook’s descent into toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness”.

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