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More than one in 10 salaried judges bullied in last two years
More than one in 10 of salaried judges have been bullied in the two years, double the figure for fee-paid judges, research commissioned by the judiciary has found.
Not-for-profit advice sector heading for £32m deficit
The not-for-profit legal advice sector is heading for a £32m deficit this financial year, according to research that showed how charities are struggling to recruit and retain staff.
“Over-excited” firms risk ChatGPT data breaches
Law firms and other businesses that are “over-excited” by the potential of ChatGPT to boost productivity risk inputting sensitive and confidential client information.
Listed law firm heads into administration as cash runs out
The troubled listed legal business, the Ince Group, is to go into administration ahead of a sell-off after a major creditor withdrew financial support, it announced today.
Listed company’s law firm to shut after rest of business is sold
The law firm at the heart of AIM-listed company MJ Hudson is to be wound down after a deal was struck to sell the rest of the business to a financial services giant for £40m.
SRA to use new economic crime power “hundreds of times a year”
The Solicitors Regulation Authority expects to use its proposed new power to demand information from solicitors about economic crime several hundred times a year, it has emerged.
Advice sector workers “risked Covid to provide face-to-face support”
Advice sector workers risked being infected with Covid to preserve face-to-face support during the pandemic, a report for the Ministry of Justice has found.
Law firm to “harness power of ChatGPT” for clinical negligence cases
The biggest specialist serious injury firm in the country is working on ways to harness the power of technology related to ChatGPT to help it handle medical negligence claims.
SRA fines firm £5k for persistent anti-money laundering failures
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has continued to flex its new fining powers by issuing a £5,000 penalty against a law firm for six years of anti-money laundering failures.
Two for two: struck-off Irish solicitor struck off in England and Wales
A solicitor already struck off in Ireland for a different offence has now been struck off in England and Wales after using one client’s money to pay another’s tax liability.
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Client accounts: Opportunity, obligation and the risks in between
The profitability gap between well-run firms and the rest is not primarily a function of size, location or practice area – it is a function of financial management.
Motor finance – the FCA is more worried about banks than consumers
The Financial Conduct Authority’s motor finance redress scheme announced last week amounts to one of the largest ever consumer failures by the regulator.
Mazur: a symptom not a cause?
If Mazur is a symptom, what does it mean for the underlying health of our civil justice system: the ‘finest legal system in the world’?
