Regulation


Groundbreaking family barrister wins £50,000 innovation award

24 March 2021

A barrister who co-founded a groundbreaking business that allows separating couples to obtain advice from a single legal expert at any point in the process, has won a £50,000 Women in Innovation award.


Solicitor struck off after contempt finding allowed to return to profession

24 March 2021

A solicitor who was struck off more than 20 years ago after being found in contempt of court and breach of undertakings to the High Court, has been restored to the roll.


Male barrister suspended for lewd comments aimed at female mini-pupil

23 March 2021

An experienced barrister who made crude sexual comments to a woman on a mini-pupillage has been suspended for six months and told not to take on pupils or mini-pupils in future.


High Court: No duty on barrister not to cause instructing solicitor loss

23 March 2021

A barrister was not liable to her instructing solicitors for the fees they claimed they lost out on as a result of her alleged negligence, the High Court has ruled.


Solicitor who lied about lost documents wins SDT rehearing

23 March 2021

A junior solicitor struck off last year after she left confidential documents in a locked case on a train is to have a retrial to reconsider the impact of her mental health on her actions.


Junior solicitor who lied to opponent “in blind panic” avoids strike-off

22 March 2021

A newly qualified solicitor who said she was “blinded by panic” when she lied about sending an email containing personal data to the wrong person, has been spared a strike-off.


Solicitor struck off for forging signatures while a trainee

19 March 2021

A solicitor who forged a qualified colleague’s signature on conveyancing documents while still a trainee has been struck off, with a tribunal rejecting her claim that she had been authorised to do it.


Bar regulator “struggling to keep pace” with rising volume of work

19 March 2021

The Bar Standards Board has admitted it is struggling to keep pace with a rising volume of incoming reports, authorisations and disciplinary cases, and is failing to meet several of its service standards.


High Court “considered referring Duncan Lewis to SRA”

18 March 2021

The High Court has condemned an “utterly hopeless” urgent application by national legal aid firm Duncan Lewis, relating to six asylum judicial reviews, which was “bound to fail”.


Quarter of pupil barristers experiencing financial hardship

18 March 2021

Almost a quarter of pupil barristers say they are experiencing “some financial hardship” during the pandemic, but a lack of networking opportunities was the main problem they identified.

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