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LeO has decided against introducing a ‘polluter pays’ principle to penalise firms which repeatedly fail to deal with complaints properly – but wants to increase the case fee by 50%.

A solicitor struck off for using client money to prop up his firm has failed in his appeal to the High Court – and also in his effort to remain anonymous.

The Online Procedure Rule Committee has launched its first public consultation, on an inclusion framework and pre-action model that would set standards for digital services.

A solicitor who failed to undertake proper AML checks on a client who was a politically exposed person and also allowed him to use his firm’s client as a banking facility, has been fined.

A man convicted of rape has lost an appeal against conviction that was based partly on the fact that his solicitor was facing disciplinary action by the SRA at the time.

Cross-selling is the biggest missed opportunity to boost law firm profits, according to research that says lawyers fear looking too pushy.

The LSB has made a series of relatively minor changes to its new statutory guidance on how legal regulators should implement the new regulatory objective to tackle economic crime.

A partner whose “head in the sand” approach meant a case spiralled out of control after he failed to serve points of dispute on a bill of costs in time has been struck off.

Solicitors Regulation Authority plans for new rules on how law firms handle complaints could lead to “overregulation”, the Law Society has warned.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has fined a South-East London law firm £114,000 for anti-money laundering failures, one of the largest to date.