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Time to reset legal regulation and ethics, says consumer panel head
The new Lord Chancellor, Shabana Mahmood, needs to recognise the need for an overhaul of the legal regulatory regime, the new chair of the Legal Services Consumer Panel has argued.
Fine and reprimands for barrister over conduct as law firm owner
A barrister has been fined £5,000 by a Bar disciplinary tribunal, after he failed to report an SRA investigation into the removal of 242 wills from a law firm he owned.
Insurers win costs orders against Anexo over credit hire
A circuit judge has made four non-party costs orders against the credit hire arm of AIM-listed Anexo Group, whose customers have to use its law firm, Bond Turner, to recover its costs from insurers.
Solicitor used client money to keep PI firm afloat
A solicitor who “repeatedly” transferred money from client to office account to prop up his firm has been struck off by the Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal.
CLC ups financial pressure on firms to deal with complaints
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers is planning to ratchet up the financial pressure on the firms that fail to handle complaints properly under its ‘polluter pays’ approach.
Number of Bar students continues to grow
The number of students on Bar vocational courses has continued to grow since the pandemic, new figures have shown. Those with a first-class degree performed far better than others.
Law firm targets acquisitions after taking private equity backing
Beyond Law Group – which currently owns three practices – has accepted private equity investment as it plans to expand significantly through organic and acquisitive growth.
Welsh chambers breaks ground with first ICO legal services certification
The largest chambers in Wales has become the first legal services provider to obtain the new law-specific data protection certification approved by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Cheers for what’s in King’s Speech, boos for what’s not
The legal profession’s reaction to the King’s Speech yesterday focused as much on what is not in the government’s legislative priorities as what is.
CILEX set to make final decision on SRA switch in October
CILEX is set to make a final decision on whether to seek to transfer regulator to the Solicitors Regulation Authority in October, and has named a new chair and president.
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The SRA’s strict liability gamble has failed. Good
The Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in Dentons v SRA on 27 April, and the profession is right to welcome it. It is the second time in short succession that the court has corrected the SRA.
How AI presents real opportunities for barristers
AI presents real opportunities to improve access to justice and to support barristers in day-to-day legal practice. But we all need to understand and mitigate the risks.
Not everything can be a competition issue – a new dawn for consumer redress
Last month, the Law Commission launched a new project to “consider the potential introduction of a consumer class actions regime” in England and Wales.
