Publishing prices “will encourage small businesses to use solicitors”
Publishing prices is likely to encourage small businesses that are wary of the cost of legal advice to start using lawyers, new research has suggested.
Multiple choice in SQE ‘better than people think’
Multiple choice questions will enhance the Solicitors Qualifying Examination if done well, according to the person charged with designing it.
Law Society: Cyber-criminals targeting more small firms
Small law firms are increasingly being targeted by cyber-criminals, but very few attacks are actually succeeding, new research has found.
£150,000 fine for claims firm that made “abusive” calls
A Manchester firm has been fined £150,000 for making thousands of nuisance direct marketing phone calls for personal injury claims that some complainants described as abusive.
PE-backed personal injury firm sold out of administration
Private-equity backed industrial disease law firm Roberts Jackson has become the latest victim of the squeeze on personal injury practices, and was sold out of administration on Friday.
Barristers not making harassment complaints to regulator
Reports of sexual harassment at the Bar are not turning into formal complaints to barristers’ regulator, new figures have shown.
New law firm compliance role for insurance goes live
A new compliance role for many law firms goes live today, with an insurance distribution officer required for those that advise clients on insurance policies.
Online quote generators “must give instant results”
Consumers using an online estimate generator should not have to give lawyers their contact details before receiving the figure, the Council for Licensed Conveyancers has said.
High-profile solicitor facing tribunal over online spats with “neo-Nazis”
Renowned media lawyer Mark Lewis is to face a disciplinary tribunal over allegations that he posted offensive messages on social media, believed to be in response to alleged “neo-Nazi” trolls.
Solicitor cleared over advice to wrongly convicted client
A solicitor has been cleared by a disciplinary tribunal over an accusation that a failure to do his job properly led to a client being wrongly convicted of assault.
