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Fine for solicitor who acted for both property developer and investor

A solicitor who acted for a property investment company and an investor has been fined just over £9,000 for breaking conflict of interest rules.

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“Reckless in the extreme” law firm directors struck off

Two law firm directors who used nearly £650,000 in legal aid disbursement payments to prop up their firm, before it went bust owing other creditors a further £1.1m, have been struck off.

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Suspended sentence for solicitor who tipped off client about SFO probe

The first solicitor ever prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office for ‘tipping off’ a client about a money laundering investigation has been handed a suspended prison sentence.

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Nearly half of Bar students now from ethnic minority backgrounds

Nearly half of UK students on the Bar training course are now from ethnic minority backgrounds, compared to a quarter a decade ago, according to new figures.

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“Instruct conveyancers early”, Trading Standards tells sellers and agents

National Trading Standards has encouraged sellers and estate agents to engage conveyancers earlier than now after it made clear all the information that needs to be included in property listings.

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Some lawyers’ conduct poses “significant risk to the rule of law”

Lawyers can sometimes be “too inclined” to act unethically or use a “mistaken” adherence to an overly narrow view of the rule of law to justify questionable conduct, major new research has said.

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MoJ identifies where, but not why, OIC cases are being delayed

The period between a liability decision and the insurer making a first offer is where the ever-lengthening delays in the Official Injury Claim portal are occurring, the Ministry of Justice said yesterday.

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“A new era of positive change” – intervenors welcome ADR ruling

The Court of Appeal’s ruling yesterday that judges can order parties to engage in ADR heralds “a new era of positive change”, one of the intervenors in the case has declared.

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Supreme Court: “Not fair” to challenge expert evidence only in closing

It was “not fair” for the defendant in a personal injury claim to only challenge the claimant’s expert evidence during its closing submissions, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday.

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Court of Appeal: Judges can order parties to engage in ADR

Courts can order parties to engage in alternative dispute resolution, so long as it does not restrict their ability to proceed to a judicial hearing, the Court of Appeal ruled today.

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