‘The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has criticised both the Solicitors Regulation Authority and two former directors of a Preston law firm for their “careless and disrespectful approach” in applying for approval of an ‘agreed outcome’ only a day before their hearing.’
Legal Futures, 29th November 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has served notice to solicitors to submit complete invoices after it backed a ruling that a statute bill served by a law firm should contain details of disbursements.’
Law Society's Gazette, 3rd November 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Claims that G4S gave inaccurate financial information about the running of two immigration centres are being investigated, the Home Office has said.’
BBC News, 19th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Everyone knows that the privilege of communications between client and lawyer is a fundamental principle of English Common Law. But there has been some uncertainty as to what happens if the privilege is waived for the purpose of some litigation. That, it seems to me, is clearly dealt with by the Court of Appeal in the recent case of Eurasian Natural Resources Corp Ltd v Dechert LLP [2016] 1WLR 5027.’
Zenith PI blog, 3rd January 2017
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has slammed a prosecution by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in the strongest terms, saying it was “appalled and dismayed” that the regulator had asked it to “rubber stamp” a deal which saw charges of dishonesty dropped at the last minute after the solicitor involved admitted lesser allegations.’
Legal Futures, 6th May 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A family lawyer who failed to record cash payments from clients has been fined £2,000 by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).’
Legal Futures, 29th March 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Lord Chancellor has been awarded almost £1m by the High Court in its battle with a legal aid firm over payments on account (POAs).’
Legal Futures, 19th February 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
A decision by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) to grant retrospective anonymity to a solicitor who had only been found guilty of a technical rule breach flouted the principle of open justice, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 18th January 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Legal experts have called for an overhaul of UK corporate laws to hold companies to account after the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) dropped its prosecution of Japanese optical giant Olympus Corporation.’
The Independent, 11th November 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A recent unreported decision over a royalties and audit clause shows that the court’s interpretation will not necessarily harmonise with what the contract draftsman intended.’
Technology Law Update, 16th October 2015
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘Tesco says it has been notified by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that it is under investigation following its admission last week that it overstated its half-year profit guidance by £250m.’
BBC News, 1st October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Proceedings concerning Texdata Software GmbH (Case C-418/11); [2013] WLR (D) 358
“National legislation prescribing the immediate imposition of a periodic penalty upon a branch of a capital company governed by the laws of another member state in consequence of the failure of that branch, within the statutory nine-month period, to disclose to the authorities of the member state concerned the documents and particulars required by articles 1 and 2 of the Eleventh Council Directive 89/666/EEC of 21 December 1989 concerning disclosure requirements in respect of branches opened in a member state by certain types of company governed by the law of another member state (OJ 1989 L395, p 36) without prior notice and without the company first having been given an opportunity to state its views on the alleged breach was not precluded by European law, provided that the domestic courts were satisfied that the system of penalties was effective, proportionate and dissuasive.”
WLR Daily, 26th September 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Japanese camera and medical equipment maker Olympus and its UK subsidiary Gyrus Group will be prosecuted by the UK’s Serious Fraud Office.”
BBC News, 4th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The date when a claim for cross border group relief is made should form the basis of a decision about one of the tests for granting that relief under EU law and not the date of the end of the accounting period in which the claim was made, the Supreme Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th May 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Supreme Court, 22nd May 2013
Marks & Spencer plc v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2013] UKSC 30; [2013] WLR (D) 191
“The inquiry as to whether a parent company established in the United Kingdom was entitled to cross-border group relief in respect of the losses of its non-resident subsidiaries was to be conducted on the basis of the circumstances existing as at the date of its claim, and not at the end of the accounting period in which those losses crystallised.”
WLR Daily, 22nd May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Supreme Court, 23rd January 2013
“Lawyers were overpaid by more than £50 million for legal aid work last year, auditors have discovered.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The British arms and aircraft firm BAE Systems has been severely criticised by a UK parliamentary inquiry into a corruption case surrounding an air-traffic-control deal with Tanzania.”
BBC News, 19th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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