Suspended jail sentence for ex-client who threatened to kill solicitor
A woman has been handed a suspended prison sentence after threatening to kill her former solicitor five years after she acted for her in Family Court proceedings.
SRA to shift Compensation Fund burden to individual solicitors
Individuals are set to pay 70% of the contributions to the Compensation Fund this year after a major policy shift by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Consumer panel lays out case for single legal regulator
The moment for structural reform of legal regulation “has arrived”, the Legal Services Consumer Panel says today in a call for a new single independent regulator.
SRA’s plans for compulsory ethics discussions “could cost £100m”
Plans by the SRA to introduce compulsory three-hour ethics discussions for solicitors could cost the profession £100m, Birmingham Law Society has calculated.
Latest acquisition helps drive growth at multi-disciplinary firm
A 170-year-old law firm has made its sixth acquisition in seven years as it pursues a strategy of bringing together legal services, wealth management, trusts and tax planning.
Milne to face SDT over stalking conviction
Controversial solicitor Andrew Milne is to face the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal following his conviction earlier this year for stalking.
Private equity takes stake in property management law firm
A 50-person law firm that specialises in property management work has taken investment from LDC, part of Lloyds Banking Group.
CAT hits out at “unhelpful and misleading” Pogust Goodhead
Pogust Goodhead was “unhelpful, uncooperative, deliberately obfuscatory and misleading” by not revealing its client’s litigation funding problems for three years, the CAT has ruled.
Law firm finally moves beyond Yorkshire with 27th office
Employee-owned Yorkshire law firm Ison Harrison has opened its first office outside the county, in Manchester, a move championed by one of its partners.
Solicitor posed as police officer to get CCTV footage from Nando’s
A motoring solicitor from Cheshire has been found guilty of impersonating a police officer after trying to get CCTV footage from a Nando’s restaurant.
