News archive
2024
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– November
(70)
- Court throws out solicitor’s claims over negative Google reviews
- Alarm over threat to remove funding from solicitor apprenticeship
- Barrister who breached suspension “not fit to be in the profession”
- Consumers willing to pay a little extra for law firms to use TPMAs
- The lonely role of a COFA: sharing the burden of risk management
- Class action firms eye million claims against Jaguar Land Rover
- SDT removes conditions on “redeemed” solicitor’s practice
- LSB’s economic crime guidance may foster inconsistent approaches
- Lack of sanction for costs draftsman shows “hole in regulation”
- Film client meeting when capacity could be issue, judge tells solicitors
- Fletchers eyes rapid growth and expects more PE-backed competiton
- Tribunal halves law firm’s fees on HS2 house sale
- Bar Council: BSB’s proposed equality rule change is unlawful
- High Court upholds LeO’s decision to dismiss complaint
- Fine for solicitor who used client account as personal banking facility
- Mayson: Lawyers must prioritise public interest over clients
- Barrister disbarred for making ‘fundamentally dishonest’ PI claim
- Mind the (justice) gap: Why are RTAs going up but claims still down?
- SRA lays out major reforms to how solicitors hold client money
- “Reasons to be cautious” about pre-approval of law firm M&A
- SRA set to shift balance of who pays for compensation fund
- Round one in dieselgate litigation goes to claimants
- Five key issues to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech
- Moorhead: “We have to change the way lawyers think and behave”
- Barrister who held and dipped into client money suspended
- FCA urges Supreme Court to act quickly over car finance mis-selling
- Barristers “wrongly think they work within AML regulations”
- Risk assessment failures land more firms with AML fines
- Solicitor “created hundreds of file notes” to bolster costs claim
- SDT “right to strike off” solicitor involved in fraudulent PI claim
- “Vulnerable” legal aid solicitors feel “taken advantage of”
- Tribunal clears solicitors over volume litigation misconduct
- Employment law silks clash over impact of BSB equality duty
- Transatlanctic tie-up leads way in latest M&A activity
- Immigration firm “advised beyond its competence”
- Bulk litigation – not always working in consumers interests
- Disabled paralegal’s £41k damages over unfair law firm dismissal
- Client account interest helps small firms deal with margin pressure
- Solicitor left abandoned law firm in “chaotic state”
- Law firm not negligent in advice to settle £2m claims
- ABSs, cost and audits – fixing regulation after Axiom Ince
- Law firm acquired by private equity aims to double in size in a year
- Law firms tell SRA: we want to keep client account
- Fine for conveyancer who acted for lenders and himself
- Tribunal fines law firm for persistent transparency rule breaches
- City firm unfairly dismissed associate over party misconduct claims
- Law firm launches consultancy to help investors enter legal market
- Small law firms embracing AI as they move away from hourly billing
- Law firm directors did not breach duties in setting up competitor
- SRA worried about firms over-reliant on client account interest
- Unapologetic SRA dismisses Axiom Ince report as “opinion”
- Strong results for law firms despite high inflation
- Top IP law firm settles claim alleging years of overcharging
- The new sexual harassment law: first among equals?
- Axiom Ince failures are “history for us”, says SRA chair
- Professional services network enters law with £6m deal for Surrey firm
- SRA imposes “interim” conditions on work of SSB Group chief
- Solicitor suspended for allowing unadmitted person to run law firm
- Law firms treating AML training as “tick-box exercise”
- Pro Bono Week kicks off amid rising demand and provision
- Harnessing legal frameworks to drive decarbonisation
- Only a fifth of law firms fully compliant with AML rules
- NQ solicitor struck off for faking emails and misleading new employer
- QualitySolicitors joins forces with accountancy firm network
- Lawyers’ “serious failings” topped by Court of Appeal errors
- Client bias “not a factor” in complaints about BAME solicitors
- SRA takes action against two ex-Axiom Ince employees
- From regulation to SSB Law – CJC publishes litigation funding report
- Most law firms and in-house teams struggling to recruit
- Top law firms embrace branding with “emotional buy-in”
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