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A solicitor who told a client to pay his firm’s fees into his personal bank account has been struck off. A tribunal did not believe his claim that he had done so mistakenly due to “considerable fatigue”.

An Irish solicitor who acted in negligence proceedings against a law firm in England without the right to practise here has been rebuked and fined by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

City firm Ince & Co owed creditors £34m when it was sold in a pre-pack and went into administration, after partners refused to bail it out, it has emerged.

Nearly half of legal regulators do not undertake enough supervision of anti-money laundering (AML) efforts, according to the organisation set up to scrutinise them.

The ground-breaking ‘teaching law firm’ set up by Nottingham Law School has recovered more than £3m in benefits and compensation for clients since it was set up nearly five years ago.

A law firm that specialised in mis-sold PPI cases has been fined a record £125,000 for a raft of rule breaches, including sending millions of misleading and unsolicited marketing letters.

The private equity investor that now has stakes in four law firms is on the lookout for more, it has told Legal Futures. Earlier this month, BGF made a “multi-million pound” investment in two practices.

A solicitor whose conduct fell “significantly below the standards of probity expected of a company director”, particularly given his legal experience, has been banned from acting as a director.

The Law Commission has “paused” its project on smart contracts to avoid potential duplication with work being undertaken by the government-backed lawtech delivery panel.

What is defined as harassment in law firms is evolving fast and a telephone call or text that was previously thought innocent might now be considered to be inappropriate, experts have warned.