‘The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is working with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to build greater trust in solicitors among black and minority ethnic (BAME) people in custody.’
Legal Futures, 11th October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A solicitor described by a High Court judge as a “thoroughly dishonest man” has been jailed and a medical expert who produced an “astonishing” 32 reports a day handed a suspended prison sentence for civil contempt of court.’
Legal Futures, 10th October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Judges do not have power to order a solicitor to give a former client copies of documents which are the property of the solicitor, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 1st October 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Small law firms are increasingly being targeted by cyber-criminals, but very few attacks are actually succeeding, new research has found.’
Legal Futures, 2nd October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A criminal sole practitioner has been fined for offences including failure to distribute legal aid payments for professional disbursements, which he blamed on having laid off a manager after the firm suffered from government cutbacks.’
Legal Futures, 25th September 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has found there was an oral agreement between a solicitor and the son-in-law of a client that the latter would cover his fees, which in the end totalled £330,000.’
Legal Futures, 25th September 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has received unprecedented lobbying against the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) plans to allow solicitors to practise from unregulated businesses.’
Legal Futures, 24th September 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A council head of legal services has lost an employment tribunal case against the authority for which she previously worked.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th September 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘There is confusion over whether solicitors can seek medical records for free by making subject access requests (SARs) under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).’
Litigation Futures, 17th September 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A London law firm has been ordered to present a new costs bill to a campaigner who led a legal battle to remove former Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman in the latest action brought by an online fees-challenge service.’
Law Society's Gazette, 6th September 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Many solicitors and judges were not ready for the electronic bill of costs when it became compulsory in April and few are keen on it now, according to a survey by the Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL).’
Litigation Futures, 3rd September 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Supreme Court may look to change the courts’ approach to dealing with claims over negligently conducted litigation later this year in a case involving miners’ compensation, a barrister has suggested.’
Legal Futures, 31st August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘An experienced criminal law solicitor who broke the conditions on his practising certificate (PC) just days after they were imposed and then lied about it in a witness statement, has been struck off.’
Legal Futures, 31st August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘An immigration lawyer who “wrongly claimed” £800,000 from the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT).’
Legal Futures, 29th August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘An unregulated eviction service called Remove a Tenant “crossed the line” between assisting claimants and conducting litigation, a judge has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 28th August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Litigation solicitors are not under a duty to alert their opponents to errors which they have not caused, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 23rd August 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
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