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A solicitor whose misconduct included using client money to help his firm with cash flow difficulties has been struck off, while two solicitors he hoodwinked have also been sanctioned.

The Supreme Court has let down both the profession and clients by refusing to hear two cases on solicitors’ rights brought by a specialist London law firm, its managing partner has argued.

A vastly experienced regulator who once described the prospect of a single regulator for lawyers as “inevitable” has been named as the new chair of the Legal Services Board.

A solicitor who lied about not having a bank account or any income other than benefits to avoid repaying a debt to the Legal Aid Agency has failed in his appeal against being struck off.

There is in principle “no sensible reason for a split profession”, with the distinction between solicitors and barristers making little sense in the modern world, a leading silk said yesterday.

An alternative business structure which launched as a specialist conveyancing firm with three staff in March 2019 now has more than 100 in multiple practice areas as it opens a fifth office.

Solicitors could improve their productivity by using distributed ledger technology but need to take care if a client wants to pay by cryptocurrency, the SRA has cautioned.

Consumers are increasingly interested in add-on services to will-writing, such as funeral plans, and are also more open to online delivery of those services, new research has found.

The employment tribunal has set aside a ruling from 2014 that a former law firm director, now a barrister, was guilty of serious financial impropriety.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s new fining powers mean that significant but inadvertent breaches need no longer be referred to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, the pair have agreed.