Solicitors
Rebuke for solicitor who didn’t realise his client was dead
A solicitor who did not realise that his client had died seven years previously when he purported to act for her has been rebuked by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Freshfields partner to face tribunal over sexual conduct
A partner at magic circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is to face a disciplinary tribunal over his sexual conduct in relation to a more junior female member of staff.
LSB rethinks rule stopping rep bodies from “influencing” regulators
The Legal Services Board is pulling back on proposed rules that would not allow bodies like the Law Society and Bar Council to try and “influence” their regulatory arms.
Law firms “willing to draw up NDAs” that breach SRA guidance
Law firms are willing to draw up non-disclosure agreements that clearly breach Solicitors Regulation Authority guidance, according to the woman whose own NDA threw the spotlight on the issue.
Legal regulators “should develop common standards” for TPMAs
Legal regulators need to introduce common standards for providers of third-party managed accounts as the move for them to replace client account gathers pace, a leading payment processor has argued.
Partner who employed banned solicitor is struck off
A partner who knowingly employed a struck-off solicitor has himself been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and ordered to pay over £56,000 in costs.
SRA: Law firm harassment cases behind majority of NDA complaints
More than half of the reports received by the SRA about the use of non-disclosure agreements in discrimination or harassment cases relate to claims made within law firms, it has emerged.
Solicitor fined £8,000 for second drink-driving conviction
A solicitor with a previous conviction for drink-driving has been fined £8,000 after she was caught again, having failed to learn from her first offence, a disciplinary tribunal decided.
PI solicitors who breached referral fee ban tried to blame SRA
Two personal injury lawyers who tried to blame “unhelpful” ethics guidance from the Solicitors Regulation Authority for paying banned referral fees have been fined by a tribunal.
Solicitor convicted of sending woman abusive Facebook messages
A junior solicitor who was convicted after sending a woman he briefly dated a series of abusive Facebook messages has had his sentence reduced but now faces regulatory action too.
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Your landlord clients have prepared for the wrong law
Lawyers advising major landlords and build-to-rent operators have spent the better part of a year on the Renters’ Rights Act. A good deal of that advice has been aimed at the wrong risk.
Your website is losing clients before they even pick up the phone
Your website visitor is likely already carrying stress before they arrive. If your site adds to it rather than relieves it, you have likely lost a prospective client.
The growing importance of higher limits in personal ATE
While the personal litigation market is undergoing a period of significant change as claims become more complex, much of the ATE insurance market has remained relatively static.
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