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A solicitor who admitted lying to his partners about reporting a possible claim to their professional indemnity insurers has been struck off.

The High Court has thrown out a professional negligence action against a City law firm because of the claimant’s failure to serve the particulars of claim in time.

A male circuit judge who was “overfamiliar” with a junior female member of staff has been handed formal advice for misconduct, rather than the recommended warning.

The High Court has criticised a “seriously mistaken” senior solicitor for leading on a £1.3m claim against another law firm when he was in a romantic relationship with the claimant.

The Court of Appeal has rejected a bid by two public access barristers to be paid nearly £125,000 in fees after the lower courts found a key term in their retainers unfair.

A former partner at top firm DWF who was convicted after being caught in a ‘sting’ operation by a paedophile hunter group has now been struck off.

A woman who allowed her bank account to be used in a conveyancing fraud has been given an 18-month suspended jail sentence.

An experienced criminal lawyer who made sexualised jokes in a courtroom at the expense of a probation officer has been reprimanded by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.

The Bar Standards Board has decided against making public the assessments it intends to make of individual chambers, as part of its new approach to overseeing them.

A partner and registered foreign lawyer at the Brussels office of a major City law firm has been banned after admitting that he wanted a sexual relationship with a young female colleague.