25 April 2019
Pioneering local authority shared legal service eyes ABS move
A pioneering shared legal service providing advice to seven councils in the East Midlands is set to create the latest local authority alternative business structure.
25 April 2019
SRA: Law firm harassment cases behind majority of NDA complaints
More than half of the reports received by the SRA about the use of non-disclosure agreements in discrimination or harassment cases relate to claims made within law firms, it has emerged.
25 April 2019
Solicitor fined £8,000 for second drink-driving conviction
A solicitor with a previous conviction for drink-driving has been fined £8,000 after she was caught again, having failed to learn from her first offence, a disciplinary tribunal decided.
24 April 2019
PI solicitors who breached referral fee ban tried to blame SRA
Two personal injury lawyers who tried to blame “unhelpful” ethics guidance from the Solicitors Regulation Authority for paying banned referral fees have been fined by a tribunal.
