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Barrister jailed for three years over legal aid fraud
A barrister and part-time immigration tribunal judge who was the last of a group of lawyers found guilty of defrauding the Legal Aid Agency has been jailed for three years.
Exclusive: SSB clients “uncertain” about insurer’s assignment offer
Former clients of the collapsed SSB Group are “confused and uncertain” about an insurer’s offer to stop pursuing them for costs if they assign their claims against the law firm.
Conveyancers must stop work “taking over your life”
Stressed conveyancers must learn about boundaries, tell their managers what they are capable of doing and avoid a situation where work “takes over your life”, the head of residential property at a London law firm has said. Maria Lati said… Read More
Dentons’ breach of AML rules was “inadvertent”
A breach of the anti-money laundering rules by Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, was “inadvertent” and did not amount to professional misconduct, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has ruled.
Employee diverted client’s stamp duty refund to herself
A law firm employee who diverted a client’s stamp duty refund to herself – via an unwitting friend’s bank account – has been barred from the profession.
Fee-earner found in contempt over documents taken from law firm
A fee-earner who has not complied with a court order to return documents taken from his former law firm has been handed a four-month suspended jail sentence for contempt.
SRA lays out scale of Post Office investigations
The Solicitors Regulation Authority revealed yesterday that it has more than 20 live investigations into solicitors and law firms involved in the Post Office scandal.
Senior legal managers speak out on menopause challenges
Women with senior management roles in the legal world have spoken out on how the menopause has affected them in the workplace in a bid to build a new movement.
Ban for office manager who used client money to prop up firm
The SRA has imposed a control order on a law firm’s office manager who took money from client account to pay wages and “prop” up the practice.
Solicitor fired after announcing pregnancy awarded £26k damages
A solicitor has been awarded damages of £26,475 after her law firm withdrew an offer of promotion and four weeks later summarily dismissed her because she was pregnant
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AI can do the work but it cannot inherit the lawyer’s duty
What happens when lawyers delegate cognitive work to AI but remain personally responsible for judgements they may no longer have independently reasoned through?
How to make work experience meaningful
When I had the pleasure of work experience, I made tea, collected lunch and mostly watched someone work. I didn’t bother with the last three days. I am not sure they noticed.
Lawyer burnout is not inevitable: what to do differently
Burnout is not simply an unavoidable cost of being a lawyer. Law firms cannot talk seriously about burnout without talking about how they design the work.
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