News archive
2019
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– June
(73)
- SDT president: Concerns over civil standard of proof “misplaced”
- Anger with MoJ over whiplash reforms begins to boil over
- Susskind clashes with MPs on digital exclusion
- In conversation with a diversity and inclusion specialist
- Bias still hindering women targeting partnership at big firms
- LSB agrees to limit price transparency to public access barristers
- Peers back greater role for Lord Chief in online court rules
- Global report: in-house teams “falling behind” on innovation
- Solicitor took £2m of client money in pursuit of “lottery win”
- Regulator considers cap on fees charged by personal injury CMCs
- Digital conveyancing used to market high-value commercial property
- AI-backed contract review “decodes obscure language”
- Exclusive: Unregulated virtual firm granted SRA waiver
- PII reform views “evolving” due to market changes
- SRA chair pledges greater transparency – but not to reopen meetings
- How to pass a client security audit
- Tory debate solicitor suspended for tweet “was being sarcastic”
- Legal profession launches pledge to achieve gender equality
- High Court issues indefinite litigation ban to vexatious ex-solicitor
- “Fluid” law firms open to outside talent will attract clients
- CMA’s Scotland probe highlights legal regulation reform priorities
- Whiplash savings “this year” even though reforms face delay
- Women lawyers face uphill struggle on fees and salaries
- Solicitor who told secretaries to fabricate letters is suspended
- Firm awarded costs over paralegal’s “dishonest” disability claim
- Law Commission rejects lawyers’ plea to narrow AML reporting
- Lord Chief Justice “to have veto” over extension of online courts
- New indemnity insurer offers rewards for well-behaved firms
- Asons creditors owed £28m as liquidators bring claim over sale
- Solicitor “used counsel and experts’ fees to prop up firm”
- Firms receiving SRA advice “little better on AML than others”
- SRA suggests requiring “cooling-off period” before NDAs are signed
- How to create high-ranking web pages
- Judge tells law firm and ex-partner to sort out dispute in arbitration
- Lawyers catalogue problems with whiplash portal build
- Quick u-turn as Law Society agrees to review NDA guidance
- Anti-money laundering supervisor “should practise what it preaches”
- Legal aid lawyers “risk their mental health” with traumatic cases
- Insurers agree to be bound by ADR in new whiplash system
- Law Society set to snub MPs’ call for NDA guidance review
- SRA “inconsistent” on conduct cases involving mental health
- Large firms turn to thought leadership marketing
- Solicitor struck off for misleading insurer, court and regulator
- Litigants will not be forced online, government pledges
- MPs urge legal regulators to take action over NDA misuse
- Solicitor jailed for forging wills to cover up client money theft
- PII market “hardening” but cover still available for savvy firms
- Large firms “need to change culture” to attract Millennial lawyers
- Three ways to protect your law firm’s data and reputation
- Partners cleared of conflict over criminal and civil road death cases
- Lawyers “confused by boundaries in wake of #MeToo”
- MIB gives first sight of “customer journey” in whiplash portal
- Swathe of law firms face action after failing transparency test
- Terry wins Quindell tax indemnity battle
- Mayson spells out hard choices in reforming legal regulation
- Trainee who forged client’s signature banned from profession
- Solicitor “brass-plated” the practices of others
- Controversial client protection rules for freelance solicitors approved
- Clients “more scared of robots than lawyers”
- Government finds cash to stem critical senior judge shortage
- Law Society and SRA budgets rise but cost of practising to fall
- Legal tech firms “will go bust as app stores take over”
- Immigration lawyers sanctioned for ‘totally without merit’ JRs
- Panel urges regulation of algorithms used in criminal justice system
- Gauke announces more financial backing for lawtech
- The SRA’s diversity reporting figures – Why bother?
- Slater & Gordon’s £637m Quindell case grinds towards trial
- Charity pours scorn on quality of immigration detainees’ advice
- Criminal lawyer was “duped by fraudster” over football club deal
- Exclusive: Conveyancing firm offers guaranteed time to exchange
- Law Society’s defence of NDA guidance draws heavy fire
- Solicitor hit with £500k POCA fine for using house as office
- DWF records strong first year as listed company
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