Disabled NQ solicitor awarded £23k over firm’s recruitment decision
A law firm decided against recruiting a newly qualified solicitor because of her disability, an employment tribunal has ruled, awarding her damages of £23,000, mainly for injury to feelings.
Solicitor used £230,000 of client money to prop up firm
A solicitor who shuffled around client account money to prop up his firm – leaving a hole of at least £230,000 and charities out of money bequeathed to them – has been struck off.
SRA “should police anti-money laundering across UK legal sector”
An SRA with “beefed up” powers should be the single body policing money laundering across the UK legal sector, which currently enjoys “near impunity” from breaching the rules.
Solicitor took advantage of deceased lawyer’s vulnerable widow
An experienced solicitor has been struck off for taking advantage of the widow of a deceased solicitor after being instructed to wind up his practice and deal with his estate.
Post Office scandal inquiry to put conduct of lawyers under spotlight
The lead counsel to the Post Office Horizon Inquiry last week made clear that the role of lawyers, “some of them senior”, will be put under scrutiny in the coming months.
North-West England at the centre of autumn merger activity
Hugh James, the largest law firm in Wales, is continuing its expansion across England by acquiring Manchester-based catastrophic injury practice Potter Rees Dolan.
LiP support goes hybrid with 700 law student volunteers
The charity that supports litigants in person is launching an expanded university-focused service this autumn, offering a mixture of in-person and online advice.
Lawyers need to redraw ethical boundaries “or face external action”
The legal profession is “drawing the ethical boundaries in the wrong place” in its dealings with corrupt kleptocrats and oligarchs, and risks having reforms imposed on it as a result.
Vos tells white male lawyers to be more inclusive in work conversations
White male lawyers need to be more inclusive of others in their conversations so as to make them they feel comfortable in the workplace, the Master of the Rolls said yesterday.
Lawyers “not listening” to ethnic minority clients
Many ethnic minority consumers of legal services do not feel they are being listened to or understood by their lawyers, research for the Legal Services Consumers Panel has found.
