CILEX backs move to grant members higher rights of audience
CILEX – the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives – has urged its regulator to press ahead with plans to seek the power to award higher rights of audience to members.
Judge warns solicitors over witness statement compliance certificates
The High Court has issued a stark warning to solicitors who sign a certificate of compliance on non-compliant witness statements so their clients can have their day in court.
Scotland shies away from single legal regulator but backs ABSs
The Scottish government has chosen the least radical option for regulatory reform of the legal profession, rejecting the ideas of either a single or an oversight regulator.
Solicitor struck off after stringing along immigration clients for years
A solicitor who strung along two clients for several years that he had applied for their indefinite leave to remain in the UK when he had not has been struck off.
Simpson Millar insists it’s now on the right track as losses mount
Private equity owned law firm Simpson Millar has claimed it is now on the right track despite its 2021 accounts revealing a loss of £7.8m, taking losses to £28m since Doorway Capital took control.
Foreign lawyer was duped by suspected fraudster to front firm
A registered foreign lawyer has been suspended for 18 months after being duped to front a law firm where likely fraudulent conveyancing transactions took place behind his back.
Record number of women apply for silk as 95 KCs are appointed
Some 94 barristers and one solicitor made up the first cohort of King’s Counsel in more than seven decades, announced just before Christmas, the smallest number in 10 years.
Supreme Court: Law firm waived equitable lien with new retainer
A law firm waived its equitable lien when it replaced its original retainer with a fixed-fee agreement (FFA) and deed of charge over the client’s assets, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Slater & Gordon accepts £82k fine for Quindell system failures
Slater & Gordon has accepted a fine of nearly £82,000 for historic shortcomings in the legal services business it acquired from Quindell.
Pupil who ripped off others’ work was suffering from mental illness
The pupil barrister who passed off other people’s work as his own on three occasions avoided disbarment because he was suffering from a serious mental illness exacerbated by lockdown.
