Regulation

A woman who falsely claimed to be a qualified immigration lawyer, and did not deliver on what clients paid her £68,000 for, has been jailed for five years.

The Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling seen as driving a coach and horses through the protection provided to corporate clients by legal professional privilege.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has warned law firms to be on the alert for fraudster infiltrators after incidents at two small practices led to potential losses of over £7m.

Licensed conveyancers will be required to publish price and service information on their websites from December after the Legal Services Board approved their regulator’s new rules.

An experienced criminal law solicitor who broke the conditions on his practising certificate and then lied about it in a witness statement, has been struck off.

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.

An immigration lawyer who “wrongly claimed” £800,000 from the Legal Aid Agency has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.

Solicitors convicted of harassment and assault are among those to have received rebukes of late from the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

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.

An unregulated eviction service called Remove a Tenant “crossed the line” between assisting claimants and conducting litigation, a judge has ruled.