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Dual-qualified lawyer struck off as solicitor is disbarred for “persistent dishonesty”
Monday, 25 January 2016A dual-qualified employment lawyer, struck off as a solicitor last year for deceiving clients, has been disbarred for his “persistent dishonesty”. The Bar Standards Board said Jean Etienne Attala attempted to cover up the fact employment claims he was handling had been struck out.
Tags: Bar disciplinary tribunal, bar standards board, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Regulation
SRA asks: Are solicitors to blame for declining criminal advocacy standards?
Friday, 8 January 2016The Solicitors Regulation Authority is to research this year whether standards of criminal advocacy are declining and whether solicitors are to blame. As part of the research, the SRA said it would ask judges whether solicitor-advocates were “working beyond their level of competence”.
Tags: bar standards board, Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Legal Services Board, Regulation, Solicitors
Barrister who claimed to have “same freedoms” as solicitor loses appeal against suspension
Thursday, 24 December 2015A barrister who told a direct access client he had “all the same freedoms” as a solicitor to conduct litigation, when he did not, has lost a High Court appeal against his three-month suspension. Garnham J described Oliver White’s misconduct as “serious”.
Tags: bar standards board, Barristers, direct access, High Court
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Regulation
Lawyers denied further chance to complain, as LSB avoids government review
Wednesday, 23 December 2015Lawyers will have to wait patiently for another chance to complain to the government about the Legal Services Board (LSB) as it emerged that the board’s second ‘triennial review’, due this year, has been scrapped.
Tags: bar standards board, Legal Services Board, Ministry of Justice
Posted in Latest news, Legal Services Act, Legal Services Board
BSB sticks to its guns on limited ABS licensing
Tuesday, 22 December 2015The Bar Standards Board has rejected suggestions that its application to become an alternative business structure licensing authority will unnecessarily restrict the extent of non-lawyer ownership and so have a detrimental effect on competition.
Tags: Alternative business structures, bar standards board, Competition and Markets Authority
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Legal Services Act, Regulation
BSB reveals low expectations of ABS take-up
Tuesday, 15 December 2015The Bar Standard Board expects to regulate just 20 alternative business structures each year in the first three years after it becomes a licensing authority. Its prediction likely reflects caution prompted by the weaker than expected take-up of BSB-regulated entities.
Tags: Alternative business structures, bar standards board
Posted in Alternative business structures, Barristers, Latest news, Regulation
First law firm regulated by the SRA gains access to BARCO
Wednesday, 9 December 2015The Solicitors Regulation Authority has issued its first waiver to a law firm it regulates to allow it to use the Bar Council’s escrow service BARCO, with three other firms in the pipeline, it has emerged.
Tags: Bar Council, bar standards board, BARCO, escrow, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Solicitors
Legal regulators should work “much more closely together”, Conservative MP says
Wednesday, 9 December 2015An influential Conservative MP has said he is “very keen” to see how the legal regulators could work “much more closely together”. Alberto Costa is a solicitor and member of the justice select committee.
Tags: bar standards board, Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, Single regulator, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Legal Executives, Regulation, Solicitors
New Bar chairman: the BSB is independent enough
Wednesday, 9 December 2015The current arrangements for the regulation of barristers are “relatively cost-efficient” and there is no need to make the Bar Standards Board (BSB) fully independent, the incoming chairman of the Bar Council has said.
Tags: Bar Council, bar standards board, Barristers
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Regulation
New figures highlight difficulties of finding pupillage as diversity of Bar students increases
Wednesday, 2 December 2015The number of students on the Bar Professional Training Course from Asian backgrounds has increased to the point where it almost equals the number of white students, new figures have revealed. The figures have also highlighted the tiny number of students with lower second degrees who secure a pupillage.
Tags: bar standards board, Future Bar Training
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Regulation