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Solicitor jailed for money laundering now allowed to hold client money
A solicitor who returned to the profession after being jailed for four years for money laundering offences can now hold client money and act as a signatory on client account.
Using client account as banking facility lands solicitors in trouble
The former co-head of a City law firm’s yacht department and a veteran sole practitioner in Shropshire have been fined for using client accounts as a banking facility.
Legal Services Board acknowledges “failure to protect consumers”
The Legal Services Board accepts responsibility for its role in “the failure” of the regulatory system to protect consumers, its chair said yesterday.
City firm outlines how it chose AI after head-to-head challenge
A City law firm has staged a head-to-head challenge between five leading AI companies to help choose which technology is best for its lawyers – and reported on the results for the benefit of others.
Legal Services Board “has lost its way”, government review finds
The oversight regulator of legal services has “lost its way” in recent years and a reset is needed while work begins on a wider review of regulation, a major report has concluded.
Appeal in offing after Dieselgate ruling goes largely for car makers
There is a “compelling case” for an appeal, claimant lawyers have said, after the High Court’s liability ruling in the Dieselgate litigation largely went in favour of car manufacturers.
Law firms “need to prove authority” to gain AI approval
Most law firms are failing to send AI engines like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini the signals they need to recommend them to potential clients, groundbreaking research has found.
Home movers “more confident” about digital information sharing
Confidence among home movers about sharing information digitally – and indeed in the home-buying process improving – is growing strongly, research has found.
LSB to focus on “fewer but more clearly defined priorities”
The Legal Services Board will focus “more sharply on fewer but more clearly defined priorities” in a three-year strategy to be launched later this year.
CPS admits putting hallucinated cases before High Court
The Crown Prosecution Service put hallucinated cases produced by artificial intelligence before the High Court in an extradition appeal, it has admitted.
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Does the Lloyd review mark the end of the Legal Services Act?
The Legal Services Board often generates eye-rolls and irritation from the leaders of the frontline regulators it oversees and of the representative bodies attached to them.
A familiar story?
There is no doubt that the rising cost of clinical negligence claims deserves attention. However, the system’s true cost driver is often not the claim itself.
When AI becomes a line on the client’s bill
On 23 June, Legora changed how it charges. The platform announced that its most capable product was moving away from a flat per-seat licence fee to consumption-based pricing
