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High Court finds Baker & McKenzie negligent in tax case but not liable for damages
Monday, 13 April 2015A High Court judge has found that although international law firm Baker & McKenzie was negligent in advice it gave on Mexican tax law, it was not liable to pay damages to the company involved.
Tags: High Court, professional negligence, tax
Posted in Indemnity insurance, Latest news
Bitcoin specialist ABS rides litigation wave from volatile digital currency
Monday, 16 March 2015A partner at a small West London firm has taken ‘niche’ to a new level by specialising in litigation resulting from the first few turbulent years of digital currency bitcoin.
Tags: High Court, niche firms
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Legal Services Act, Practice Management, Technology
Law firm secures restraint order against litigant in person
Thursday, 12 February 2015Surrey law firm Downs has secured a civil restraint order against a litigant in person who launched a series of claims described by a High Court judge as “totally without merit”.
Tags: High Court, Litigants-in-person, probate
Posted in Latest news
Law Society wins groundbreaking injunction against struck-off solicitor
Friday, 16 January 2015The Law Society has obtained a groundbreaking injunction that prevents a struck-off solicitor from holding himself out as a solicitor or being involved in a law firm without its approval.
Tags: High Court, Law Society, mortgage fraud
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
SRA closes alternative business structure after securing High Court order
Thursday, 18 December 2014The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has closed an alternative business structure after obtaining a High Court order to obtain crucial evidence.
Tags: Alternative business structures, dishonesty, High Court, SRA
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
Solicitors From Hell founder wins surprise High Court victory
Monday, 15 December 2014He has been sued 18 times in relation to the website he founded, and lost each time, but now Rick Kordowski, the man behind SolicitorsFromHell.co.uk, has recorded an unexpected High Court win.
Tags: High Court, injunctions, Law Society
Posted in Latest news, Solicitors, Technology
Retiring law firm partners to be offered short cut to senior judiciary
Friday, 14 November 2014There is to be a drive to recruit retiring law firm partners to the senior judiciary in a bid to improve diversity, it has emerged. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, said he is looking at a “more sensible way” of recruiting partners who retire early onto the High Court bench.
Tags: diversity, High Court
Posted in hrtraining, Latest news
LeO can hold successor firms to account for inherited complaints, High Court rules
Wednesday, 12 November 2014The High Court has ruled that a law firm cannot escape responsibility for handling complaints relating to a sole practice with which it merged. It said that as Kerman & Co had enjoyed the benefit and goodwill of the deal, it also had to accept the burden.
Tags: complaints, High Court, Legal Ombudsman, LeO
Posted in Latest news, Legal Ombudsman, Legal Services Act
Law firm failed in duties to mortgage company, High Court rules
Tuesday, 28 October 2014Home Counties law firm B Legal failed in its duties to a purchaser of mortgage-backed securities, the High Court has held, in two of the four test cases it considered.
Tags: conveyancing, High Court, professional negligence
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
High Court judge: law firms bringing “meritless” judicial reviews will be referred to SRA
Thursday, 11 September 2014Solicitors who bring “meritless” immigration judicial reviews could be referred to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) even on the first occasion, a High Court judge has warned.
Tags: High Court, immigration, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
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Five key issues to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech
As generative AI starts to play a bigger role in our working lives, there are some key issues that your law firm needs to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech.
Bulk litigation – not always working in consumers interests
For consumers to get the benefit, bulk litigation needs to be done well, and we are increasingly concerned that there are significant problems in some areas of this market.
ABSs, cost and audits – fixing regulation after Axiom Ince
A feature of law firm collapses and frauds has sometimes been the over-concentration of power in outdated and overburdened systems of control.
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