Compliance & Regulation
CILEX backs move to grant members higher rights of audience
CILEX – the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives – has urged its regulator to press ahead with plans to seek the power to award higher rights of audience to members.
Scotland shies away from single legal regulator but backs ABSs
The Scottish government has chosen the least radical option for regulatory reform of the legal profession, rejecting the ideas of either a single or an oversight regulator.
Solicitor struck off after stringing along immigration clients for years
A solicitor who strung along two clients for several years that he had applied for their indefinite leave to remain in the UK when he had not has been struck off.
Foreign lawyer was duped by suspected fraudster to front firm
A registered foreign lawyer has been suspended for 18 months after being duped to front a law firm where likely fraudulent conveyancing transactions took place behind his back.
Slater & Gordon accepts £82k fine for Quindell system failures
Slater & Gordon has accepted a fine of nearly £82,000 for historic shortcomings in the legal services business it acquired from Quindell.
Pupil who ripped off others’ work was suffering from mental illness
The pupil barrister who passed off other people’s work as his own on three occasions avoided disbarment because he was suffering from a serious mental illness exacerbated by lockdown.
SRA to step up action over non-compliance with transparency rules
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is to take a “more robust approach” to enforcing its transparency rules after its latest work indicated widespread non-compliance.
Law Society at odds with local solicitor groups over future of SIF
SRA plans to replace the Solicitors Indemnity Fund with an in-house solution have been backed by the Law Society but opposed by the ‘Joint V’ of the major local law societies.
It puts the national body at odds with the ‘Joint V’ of major local law societies
Metamorph’s empire continues to crumble as two more firms are shut
Two more firms in the Metamorph Law group – including the one to which the caseloads of several others were being transferred – were shut down today.
Pupil sanctioned for passing off other people’s work as his own
A pupil barrister who passed off other people’s work as his own and lied about it to the head of his chambers’ pupillage committee has been told he cannot qualify for at least three years.
Blog
On good authority? GenAI and the reputational risks to law firms
As GenAI’s influence grows, so do the risks which are already playing out in courtrooms across England and Wales, where some early adopters are setting precedents they would rather not.
Why this is the year for law firms to embrace generative AI
After more than a year of pilots, proofs of value and early experimentation, firms are increasingly embedding AI into day-to-day workflows.
Client account interest is not spare change
The proposed Interest on Lawyers’ Client Accounts scheme is being framed as a sensible, international, “tried and tested” way for the profession to help fund a justice system under strain.
