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Partner broke rules to portray PI department “in best light”
A partner who misled personal injury clients and his firm to show the department “in the best possible financial light” has been fined by the SDT.
Temperature starts to rise ahead of Civil Liability Bill debate
The rhetoric is heating up ahead of the second reading of the Civil Liability Bill in the House of Commons next week, with MASS, the ABI and the Labour Party all speaking out yesterday.
The challenge of digitising the courts
CaseLines, whose digital bundling software is used widely in UK criminal and civil courts, has gone from a start-up to major supplier in a matter of a few years.
Immigration lawyer “wrongly claimed” £800,000 in legal aid
An immigration lawyer who “wrongly claimed” £800,000 from the Legal Aid Agency has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.
Rebukes for solicitors convicted of harassment and assault
Solicitors convicted of harassment and assault are among those to have received rebukes of late from the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Legal spend start-up secures £7.5m investment
A legal tech start-up focused on transforming the way companies analyse their legal spend has raised £7.5m in its first major funding round.
Robing room is not a “no-go area” for barristers’ regulator
Robing rooms may be a private sanctuary for barristers but they cannot be viewed as a “no-go area” for their regulator, the High Court has ruled.
Unregulated eviction service “crossed line” into litigation
An unregulated eviction service called Remove a Tenant “crossed the line” between assisting claimants and conducting litigation, a judge has ruled.
Client wins JR over fees on offer to his barristers
A man charged with a complex fraud has won a judicial review over the offer made by Legal Aid Agency for the fees of his preferred counsel.
Exclusive: SRA “uncertainty” over non-lawyer partner bans
There is “some uncertainty” as to whether non-lawyer partners of ABSs can be banned from working in the profession, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has admitted.
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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’?
