Compliance & Regulation


UWO will investigate how jailed ex-solicitor’s wife bought house

14 May 2025

The unexplained wealth order issued against the ex-wife of the struck-off solicitor behind the Axiom Legal Financing Fund fraud will investigate whether her home was bought with tainted funds.


SRA to revise fining guidance on economic crime and drink driving

13 May 2025

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is working to activate its power to issue unlimited fines in cases involving economic crime, it has emerged.


Paralegals receive formal recognition with CILEX ‘chartered’ title

13 May 2025

CILEX has introduced the first formal recognition of paralegals after receiving Privy Council approval to amend its Royal Charter and introduce the title of CILEX chartered paralegal.


Eversheds staffer created invoices for pro bono case

12 May 2025

A former Eversheds Sutherland employee who created invoices for a pro bono matter he brought to the firm has been banned from the profession.


SRA seeks extra £11m as complaints about solicitors soar 20%

9 May 2025

A “significant and sustained increase” in the number of reports about solicitor misconduct is fuelling the SRA’s plans for an £11m increase in its budget to £168m.


Legal Services Board ratchets up pressure over BSB performance

9 May 2025

The Bar Standards Board is not improving its performance with “sufficient urgency or pace”, the oversight regulator has concluded.


Judge condemns lawyers who produced “fake citations” to court

7 May 2025

The High Court has ordered that a barrister and the solicitors who instructed her be referred to their regulators after providing five fake case citations in their pleadings.


Mahmood: SSB and Axiom Ince show need for Legal Services Board

6 May 2025

The collapses of SSB Law and Axiom Ince indicate a continuing need for the Legal Services Board despite the government’s focus on cutting red tape, the Lord Chancellor said last week.


Rebuke for solicitor who made baseless perjury threat

6 May 2025

A solicitor who emailed an opposing litigant after they instructed lawyers and made baseless threats of perjury against them has been rebuked.


SDT rejects solicitor’s “meritless” appeal over undertaking breach

2 May 2025

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has rejected an appeal by a solicitor against a fine of £7,500 imposed on him by an SRA adjudication panel, describing it as having no merit.


Jail for property solicitor who defrauded own firm of £160k

1 May 2025

A long-serving property solicitor who defrauded a Hereford law firm out of £160,000 by diverting disbursement payments into her own bank account has been jailed for 30 months.


Judge overturns suspension of barrister who lied to client about papers

30 April 2025

It was “clearly inappropriate” for a Bar disciplinary tribunal to suspend a barrister who lied to a direct access client over papers that were accidentally destroyed by his chambers.


Suspension for solicitor “who would not allow firm to be regulated”

30 April 2025

A law firm owner who failed to pay a wasted costs order as well as four fines imposed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority has been suspended for six months.


New powers for regulator to crack down on immigration advisers

30 April 2025

There is “growing evidence” that unregulated immigration lawyers are abusing the system, the government has claimed in unveiling beefed-up powers for the Immigration Advice Authority.


SSB used “unethical tactics” to stop clients dropping cases

29 April 2025

SSB Law has been accused of employing “unethical tactics” to retain clients who wanted to drop their cases and the Solicitors Regulation Authority condemned for its response.

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