19 July 2019
Cost of practising as a solicitor should fall, SRA board decides
Individual practising fee levels for 2019/20 should remain at the same level as the current year, with Compensation Fund contributions falling, the board of the SRA has decided.
19 July 2019
LeO upholds more complaints of poor service by lawyers
The Legal Ombudsman was more likely to make a finding of poor service against a lawyer than not in 2018/19, reversing the trend of previous years, its annual report has shown.
19 July 2019
Partner fined for paying £1.5m to widow in probate dispute
The former head of private client at London firm Kingsley Napley has been fined £15,000 for transferring over £1.5m from the estate of a wealthy foreign national to his widow when he should not have.
19 July 2019
MPs urge caution over speed of online court development
MPs have urged the government to learn the lessons of previous major IT projects and move cautiously with the development on online courts.
