Regulation

A criminal law solicitor convicted of breaking a restraining order has been fined by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal more than he originally agreed with his regulator.

A solicitor jailed for five years for defrauding clients of over £144,000 has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. He is appealing against his conviction.

There should be a single regulator for all lawyers in Scotland, a major review commissioned by the Scottish government has concluded. It all called for the title ‘lawyer’ to be protected.

A solicitor specialising in motoring offences, banned from driving for three years after a second conviction for drink-driving, has been fined £15,000 by a disciplinary tribunal.

The High Court has upheld the year-long suspension of a barrister who was captured on CCTV stealing a purse in a Cardiff night club after the BSB admitted to a procedural error.

The legal profession will have to develop “cyber ethics” to cope with the very different issues that the growing use of technology is having on the practice of law.

Two dual-qualified lawyers have been reprimanded by the Bar Standards Board after receiving disciplinary sanctions for their work as solicitors.

The High Court has dismissed an appeal by the SRA against a disciplinary tribunal’s decision to clear Martyn Day, two colleagues and his firm Leigh Day over the Al-Sweady case.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is taking the unusual step of prosecuting a solicitor for the second time over the same collapsed investment scheme. He was previously suspended for a year.

Proposed changes to the system for appointing QCs are “too onerous” and “potentially counterproductive in addressing issues of diversity”, criminal barristers have warned.