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Philip: I thought about resigning in wake of SSB report
The chief executive of the Solicitors Regulation Authority said yesterday that he did consider resigning in the wake of the report on SSB Law but decided that “it wasn’t the right thing”.
Mazur “the inadvertent result” of Legal Services Act drafting
The Mazur ruling likely came about because the Legal Services Act 2007 inadvertently failed to codify what had been custom in the legal profession for a long time, two experts have argued.
FCA to take over anti-money laundering supervision of all lawyers
The Financial Conduct Authority is to take over responsibility for supervising lawyers’ anti-money laundering activities, the government announced today.
Home Office-funded collective action wins approval
The Competition Appeal Tribunal has granted the first public sector collective proceedings order, with the Home Office as litigation funder and largest class member.
“Cowardly” solicitor lied to client about claim for over 10 years
A self-confessed “cowardly” solicitor who lied to a client for more than 10 years after her medical negligence claim was thrown out has been struck off.
“Decisive reform” needed to restore public trust after SSB scandal
The collapse of SSB Law and the SRA’s failures in supervising it demand “decisive reform” to restore public confidence, the Legal Services Consumer Panel has warned.
Lack of training grants “increases risk” of duty solicitor collapse
The lack of training grants for aspiring criminal defence solicitors “risks entrenching the current trajectory toward collapse” of the scheme, an academic has argued.
PE-backed firm set to move outside of injury work for first time
A private equity-backed serious injury firm is to move into other consumer law services for the first time with an “imminent” acquisition, Legal Futures can reveal.
Mazur: Law Society advice amid probate and crime concerns
Private client group STEP is to lobby the government to bring probate rules in line with the Legal Services Act 2007 in the wake of the Mazur ruling.
Law firm that cited fake AI-generated cases to pay wasted costs
A law firm has been ordered to pay wasted costs after it cited two fictitious cases that were generated by artificial intelligence.
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Why upfront information could transform home buying
The success of upfront property information will depend on more than simply making the information available.
AI risk: What law firms must now demand from vendors
AI systems ingest, transform, infer and generate. Treating them as equivalent to document storage or workflow tools is a category error.
Why mid-sized firms are the most interesting story in UK legal right now
Mid-sized law firms are facing a set of decisions about structure, technology and growth that will define where they sit in the market for the next decade.
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