Legal Ombudsman in last chance saloon after budget increase approved
Approval for a 13% increase in the budget of the Legal Ombudsman has come with a warning that it must make deliver this time or face losing its role in dealing with complaints against lawyers.
Embracing online reviews “changed firm’s culture for the better”
Embracing online reviews can trigger a positive, service-driven culture change at law firms, the practice director of a leading West Country firm told last week’s Legal Futures webinar.
Junior solicitor who lied to opponent “in blind panic” avoids strike-off
A newly qualified solicitor who said she was “blinded by panic” when she lied about sending an email containing personal data to the wrong person, has been spared a strike-off.
Peers reject lawyers’ complaints about whiplash tariff
Peers have rejected the first challenge to the whiplash regulations from lawyers complaining that the new compensation tariff is too low.
ABSs become a reality in America as Arizona approves the first two
America now has its first two alternative business structures, approved in the state of Arizona, to go alongside an increasing variety of businesses in a regulatory sandbox in Utah.
Multi-disciplinary practice and consolidator unveils latest acquisitions
A multi-disciplinary corporate finance group set up by a Cardiff-based law firm has added accountancy expertise to its offering, while consolidator Metamorph Law has unveiled its latest acquisition.
Solicitor struck off for forging signatures while a trainee
A solicitor who forged a qualified colleague’s signature on conveyancing documents while still a trainee has been struck off, with a tribunal rejecting her claim that she had been authorised to do it.
Solicitor using £50k prize to develop automated advice platform
A solicitor who won a female innovators award is to put her £50,000 cash prize to building an automated platform that will provide cost-effective legal support to start-ups.
Bar regulator “struggling to keep pace” with rising volume of work
The Bar Standards Board has admitted it is struggling to keep pace with a rising volume of incoming reports, authorisations and disciplinary cases, and is failing to meet several of its service standards.
High Court “considered referring Duncan Lewis to SRA”
The High Court has condemned an “utterly hopeless” urgent application by national legal aid firm Duncan Lewis, relating to six asylum judicial reviews, which was “bound to fail”.
