Compliance & Regulation


Accountants more than double size of ABS by buying law firm

22 November 2024

A private equity-backed accountancy business has made good on its promise to grow its law firm through acquisition by buying a London practice more than twice its size.


Tribunal rejects dyslexia explanation for barrister’s misleading CV

22 November 2024

The tribunal that disbarred a barrister who lied on his CV rejected his explanation that these were mistakes that arose from his dyslexia, it has emerged.


In-house solicitors pressured to misuse privilege

22 November 2024

In-house solicitors have been pressured to misuse legal professional privilege as a way to suppress the proper disclosure of information, the SRA has said.


Barrister who breached suspension “not fit to be in the profession”

21 November 2024

The High Court has upheld a decision to disbar a barrister who continued to hold himself out as one while suspended from practice.


Consumers willing to pay a little extra for law firms to use TPMAs

21 November 2024

Consumers are more comfortable with the idea of their money being held in third-party managed accounts than solicitors’ client accounts, research has suggested.


SDT removes conditions on “redeemed” solicitor’s practice

20 November 2024

A solicitor prevented from being a law firm owner, partner or compliance officer for the last seven years has successfully applied to have the conditions on her practising certificate removed.


LSB’s economic crime guidance may foster inconsistent approaches

20 November 2024

Proposed new guidance on how the legal regulators should meet their new statutory duty to deal with economic crime could lead to inconsistencies of approach.


Lack of sanction for costs draftsman shows “hole in regulation”

20 November 2024

A judge’s comments on the lack of recourse against an unregulated costs draftsman should focus minds on this hole in legal regulation, the Association of Costs Lawyers has argued.


Bar Council: BSB’s proposed equality rule change is unlawful

19 November 2024

The new, proactive equality duty proposed by the Bar Standards Board could lead to litigation with barristers and is unlawful, the Bar Council said yesterday.


High Court upholds LeO’s decision to dismiss complaint

18 November 2024

The Legal Ombudsman was right to dismiss a complaint it thought better suited to be determined in court, a judge has ruled.


Fine for solicitor who used client account as personal banking facility

18 November 2024

A solicitor who used his firm’s client account as a personal banking facility did not need to admit that he had damaged public trust, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has held.


Mayson: Lawyers must prioritise public interest over clients

18 November 2024

Lawyers seem to have forgotten that the public interest trumps the client interest and this needs to change, Professor Stephen Mayson has argued.


Barrister disbarred for making ‘fundamentally dishonest’ PI claim

18 November 2024

A barrister who a court found had been fundamentally dishonest in making a personal injury claim has been disbarred.


SRA lays out major reforms to how solicitors hold client money

15 November 2024

Major changes to the way law firms hold client money, including not retaining interest and restricting the collection of fees in advance, were proposed yesterday by the SRA.


“Reasons to be cautious” about pre-approval of law firm M&A

15 November 2024

There are “reasons to be cautious” around the Solicitors Regulation Authority becoming more involved when law firms go through mergers and acquisitions, it said yesterday.

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