Solicitors

A senior finance partner at City giant Hogan Lovells has been rebuked by the Solicitors Regulation Authority after a tribunal found that he discriminated against his children’s pregnant nanny.

A consultant solicitor who “inadvertently” became caught up in a client’s act of “deception” of the Takeover Panel while he was away on his honeymoon has been fined £3,000.

A solicitor who failed to tell a new employer why her previous firm had dismissed her has been rebuked, as has a business development manager who used client information from her old firm.

A solicitor’s 55 years of practice have come to an end after he was struck off for overcharging probate clients. His motivation was “to maintain the continuation of his practice and his standing in the community”.

A family lawyer who created an online divorce service did so to avoid regulation and not share the fees generated with his law firm, a tribunal has found in striking him off.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is planning to introduce a centralised advocacy assessment for solicitors wanting higher rights of audience, including those practising in the youth court.

A private client solicitor who lied to her clients over a period of almost four years at two different firms has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.

A solicitor has been jailed for 14 months after being found guilty on four counts of contempt of court for breaching undertakings given to the court about missing client money.

The chief executive of leading online will-writer Farewill has warned that “there will definitely be conflict between regulated and unregulated providers” over the future of the industry.

Disciplinary proceedings are not a “criminal/civil hybrid” and tribunals may draw adverse inferences from respondents staying silent, the High Court has made clear.

A solicitor who misled the Solicitors Regulation Authority about a “dubious” funder he was using to finance his new law firm has been fined £25,000.

The Law Society has launched what it called “a public legal education initiative” to help employees with NDAs – but it appears at odds with both its own guidance to solicitors and that of their regulator.

Partners and fee-earners in law firms which have closed should give “careful thought” to buying additional run-off cover to protect them when the Solicitors Indemnity Fund closes next year.

Three solicitors with convictions for drink-driving have been sanctioned by the Solicitors Regulation Authority after signing regulatory settlement agreements.

A solicitor cleared of all the substantive charges against him by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has still been struck off because he misled the Solicitors Regulation Authority during its investigation.