Compliance & Regulation

Law firms arranging or using third-party litigation funding for consumer claims will have to tell the SRA about it, under plans unveiled today.

Lawyers and other professionals can be sued for negligence for failing to use AI, according to the latest legal statement from the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce.

A new protocol to help legal professionals raise concerns about bullying, harassment and discrimination by judges has been launched by the senior judiciary.

The Financial Conduct Authority has charged a City solicitor with five counts of insider dealing while working on a listed company’s acquisition.

A majority of clients believe that they should keep interest earned on client accounts, research for the Legal Services Consumer Panel has found.

The Legal Ombudsman continued to miss its key timeliness targets over the last year – but by less than the previous 12 months, its annual report has shown.

A barrister convicted of drink driving before the pandemic and twice convicted of driving while disqualified five years later has been disbarred.

A solicitor who repeatedly failed to complete a firm closure notification – whilst holding onto his clients’ files, wills and money after his practice shut down – has been suspended.

The SRA is developing materials to help law firms handling high-volume consumer claims improve how they onboard clients after major research showed significant shortcomings.

New rules requiring law firms to give clients a timeline for resolving complaints they have made, and provide regular updates, have been proposed by the SRA.