Solicitors


LPC applicants refuse en masse to disclose ethnicity

3 June 2021

Nearly 60% of applicants for the legal practice course refused to disclose their ethnicity last year – an extraordinary rise from the 2.3% who refused in 2019.


Lawyers agree ‘baseline document’ for standardised NDA

3 June 2021

An initiative to create a standard non-disclosure agreement for use when beginning negotiations over corporate transactions has completed its first phase, with the publication of a ‘baseline document’.


Tribunal refuses to restore sanctioned solicitor’s “pride”

3 June 2021

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has refused to remove conditions on the practising certificate of a 63-year-old solicitor who said he wanted to recover his “pride and dignity”.


Tribunal rejects solicitor’s plea to end indefinite suspension

2 June 2021

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has refused to terminate an indefinite suspension imposed on a solicitor a decade ago, saying he had not proved he was ready to return to practise.


Black solicitors occupying senior roles is “key to success”

2 June 2021

One-off training sessions and wellbeing schemes do not go far enough to ensure diversity and inclusion, and nothing short of ethnic minority lawyers occupying senior roles in firms will show real change.


Ban for law firm consultant jailed after secret mobile calls to prisoner

1 June 2021

A law firm consultant jailed for communicating with a prisoner on mobile phones that were smuggled into prison has been banned from working in the profession.


Cost of practising set to remain static for solicitors

28 May 2021

The cost of practising for solicitors is set to stay the same even though the Law Society is unable to say at the moment what its budget will be for the next financial year.


LSB diversity report finds multiple failings by regulators

28 May 2021

Measures taken by frontline legal regulators to improve diversity and inclusion are insufficient and based on inadequate evidence, according to a report published today.


Law firm to recoup money paid out of client account without consent

27 May 2021

A businessman who refused to repay a £626,000 loan made by a law firm partner from a client’s funds without their consent has been ordered to make good the money.


Solicitor who misused vulnerable clients’ compensation struck off

27 May 2021

A solicitor used “vulnerable” clients’ money for his own purposes, as well as holding onto cash for disbursements and leaving client damages in his office account, has been struck off.

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