Compliance & Regulation

A solicitor who withdrew from a Family Court hearing over a fee dispute so late that he left his client no chance to find a replacement has been rebuked by the SRA.

A male senior partner found guilty of multiple instances of sexual misconduct in the office with junior female staff – including having sex with one on a desk – has been suspended for two years.

Lawyers and law firms should be “actively” reflecting on and talking about integrity “much more” than they currently do or appear to do, a leading legal academic has argued.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has admitted writing to law firm clients and wrongly informing them that their solicitors were no longer authorised.

A High Court judge has been given a formal warning after it emerged that he had seen an independent assessment written for his application to join the Court of Appeal.

A solicitor accused of baselessly threatening legal proceedings over the Covid vaccine is to face the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.

A senior judge has been issued with a formal warning for misconduct after he “accidentally” liked an anti-Israel LinkedIn post which he later described as “repulsive”.

A paralegal lied to both her client and her employer over how she handled a holiday sickness claim that she sought to discontinue without instructions.

Solicitor Harriet Harman KC has been named as chair of the Bar Council’s independent review of bullying and harassment, including sexual harassment, at the Bar.

Hertfordshire University can start taking Bar training course students from September again, after the Bar Standards Board reinstated its authorisation. The regulator stopped it enrolling students last August amid concerns about weaknesses in its course delivery and initially said that… Read More

The SRA has had to revise an updated statement issued just last week for former clients of SSB Group in the wake of questions raised by Legal Futures.

An investment manager at the heart of the Axiom Legal Financing Fund fraud has been jailed for eight years having being found guilty of fraudulent trading after a retrial.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s guidance on SLAPPs may go too far in requiring practitioners to ascertain the truth of their client’s case, a senior barrister has suggested.

The Legal Services Board has outlined its “high expectation” of the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board taking regulatory action after the Post Office inquiry ends.

The SSB Group scandal – which has seen former clients pursued for costs of claims when they thought they had ATE insurance – has now extended to another collapsed firm, Pure Legal.