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Solicitor attorneys fined £22k for home insurance failure
Two solicitors who failed in their duties as attorneys under a lasting power of attorney have each been fined £11,250 by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Facilities manager jailed for £1m fraud on law firm
The former facilities manager of a leading US law firm in London has been jailed for six years for committing a £1m fake invoice fraud on the practice.
Court rejects bid to draw listed business into its law firm’s costs dispute
A court has rejected an application for a non-party costs order against listed legal and credit hire business Anexo Group over the work of its subsidiary law firm.
Rule committee warned government over clin neg fixed fee timetable
The Civil Procedure Rule Committee warned the government in July about the difficulty of meeting the timetable for the new regime of fixed costs in low-value clinical negligence cases.
First settlement of opt-out class action set for approval hearing
The first application to settle an opt-out class action since the regime began in 2015 has been lodged with the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
Chartered legal executives would have “no role” in running SRA
Chartered legal executives would have “no role” in the governance of the SRA and the way regulation is carried out if they were “subsumed” into the regulator, CILEx Regulation has argued.
Surge of lawyers from Indian sub-continent seeking call to English Bar
The Bar Standards Board has reported a surge of lawyers from the Indian sub-continent seeking to be called to the Bar in England and Wales – even though many have no intention of practising here.
Upfront information takes centre stage in conveyancing “roadmap”
Expanding the amount of mandatory upfront information which must be provided by sellers when a property is marketed is a central part of the “roadmap” for the future of home moving.
City lawyer struck off for child sex offences
A solicitor formerly at City giant Herbert Smith Freehills has been struck off after being jailed for child sex offences but his identity has been kept private.
Campaigning solicitor and barrister trainers launch baby-loss programme
A solicitor campaigning for statutory leave for those suffering baby loss has teamed up with a training company run by barristers to create an online platform to help people returning to work afterwards.
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Regulate sole practices on evidence, not turnover
For a sole practice, the SRA’s plan that I cannot hold a compliance role if my firm has more than £600,000 of turnover is not a measure of risk. It is a ceiling on growth.
Is Google becoming pay-to-play for law firms?
For years, law firms have been told that SEO is the long-term alternative to paying for every click. That principle hasn’t disappeared but search results have changed significantly.
Material information and the case for intelligent client onboarding
Upfront information means work traditionally undertaken after an offer is accepted will need to happen earlier. And that fundamentally changes the role of client onboarding.
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