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Listed PI business winding down joint venture ABS
NAHL – the listed business that owns National Accident Helpline – is winding down another of its joint venture alternative business structures as its own law firm goes from strength to strength.
SRA steps up pressure on immigration firms with new warning notice
The SRA has today ratcheted up the pressure on immigration firms, with a warning notice reminding them not to be “complicit in providing false or fabricated” information.
Law firm negligence claim over law firm negligence claim struck out
The High Court has struck out a negligence claim against a law firm over its pursuit of a negligence claim against their clients’ previous lawyers.
Fee-earner who favoured one client over another fails to lift ban
A non-solicitor fee-earner banned from working for law firms after favouring the interests of a woman who suffered from Alzheimer’s over her mentally ill husband has failed to overturn it.
Jail for lottery scam ex-solicitor who stole £2m of client money
A solicitor struck off for plundering £2m from his firm’s client accounts as well as trusts after falling victim to a lottery scam has been jailed for four years.
Legal staff win tokens in law firm’s blockchain incentive scheme
Solicitors, trainees and paralegals at City firm Taylor Wessing have started receiving crypto-tokens for efforts that “go beyond their day job” – partners can give tokens, but not receive them.
Law firms adopt diversity initiatives “because they are fashionable”
Law firms often adopt diversity initiatives “because they are fashionable, not because they work”, an academic and diversity specialist has argued.
Evidence “does not back up” insurer claims of ‘hiplash’ and ‘wristlash’
Insurer assertions that the number of mixed injury cases has risen dramatically since the launch of the Official Injury Claim portal are not borne out by the evidence, it was argued last week.
Solicitor ordered to pay indemnity costs over bid to “besmirch” judge
A solicitor-advocate who made “aggressive” and “unfounded” allegations of misconduct in a bid to “besmirch” a judge has been ordered to pay her costs on the indemnity basis.
Jail for businessman who targeted barristers with fake bombs
The businessman who hired an ex-Royal Marine to plant fake bombs outside the chambers of two barristers against whom he had a vendetta has been jailed for eight years and two months.
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The SRA’s client money reforms: good intentions, questionable execution
On the face of it, the SRA’s plans to tighten protections around client money sounds sensible. The detail, as ever, tells a more complicated story.
Recruitment, retention and reward in the legal accounts world
Understanding the legal finance market is important – not just for those actively involved in it day-to-day but also for leaders within law firms.
From ‘year zero’ to £6.5m – how a law firm found its second life
In 2018, I hit what I call ‘year zero’. On paper, Olliers Solicitors was a top-tier criminal defence firm but beneath the surface, I could see we were at a crossroads.
