Compliance & Regulation

The Judicial Conduct Investigations Office has agreed to reinvestigate allegations of bullying and intimidation against Employment Judge Philip Lancaster, in light of “significant new evidence”.

An immigration solicitor has been cleared of misleading her employer over her conduct of an asylum case after a three-day Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal hearing.

The King’s Speech yesterday was notable as much for what was not in it as what was, with significant omissions including the promised litigation funding bill.

A barrister who knowingly allowed a judge and opposing party in a family law case to be misled during a hearing has been disbarred for “professional dishonesty”.

A facilities assistant at a law firm who targeted young female staff with “inappropriate” gifts and messages has been barred from working in the profession.

The Court of Appeal has set aside a Crown Court judge’s referral of a KC for contempt of court proceedings after finding the High Court did not have the jurisdiction to pursue them.

The Good Law Project is challenging the Bar Standards Board’s decision to reject its complaint against a barrister over her social media posts about a trans woman.

Contempt of court proceedings against a KC for a closing speech that allegedly breached the judge’s directions could have a “chilling effect on the Bar”, his set has argued.

West of England law firm BLB Solicitors was forced into administration after a sale fell through at a late stage, its administrators have revealed.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority today set out the initial cost of fixing its problems – a 29%, or £25m, increase in its funding for the 2026-27 practising year.

Work to transfer the regulation of CILEX members to the Solicitors Regulation Authority has come to an end, it has emerged.

A solicitor who backdated a document and sent a misleading email to a client has been struck off, despite evidence he was experiencing significant mental health difficulties at the time.

The Bar Standards Board is to take a right of appeal against decisions of its health panels, which is currently restricted to the affected barrister.

The Legal Services Board is to bear down on the Solicitors Regulation Authority amid concern that more collapses could follow the likes of Axiom Ince and PM Law.

The Financial Conduct Authority is stepping up pressure on claims management companies and law firms by launching a review of the claims management market.