‘A sole practitioner who was struck off six years ago has won the right to sue for loans he made before his East London firm was closed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).’
Legal Futures, 19th October 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The now-defunct Asons Solicitors has been ordered to meet the costs of insurance company LV=, after a court found that the law firm made ‘gross’ and ‘deeply disturbing’ failures in a personal injury case it was handling.’
Law Society's Gazette, 3rd October 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court will hear an appeal in November by a litigant in person over the defective service of a negligence claim against a Midlands law firm, it has been confirmed.’
Litigation Futures, 29th September 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal today published the long-awaited judgment on human rights firm Leigh Day and three of its lawyers.’
Law Society's Gazette, 26th September 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘From 30 September 2017, if someone in your firm facilitates tax evasion and you don’t have reasonable prevention procedures, you could be faced with unlimited fines, not to mention reputational damage.’
The Future of Law, 15th September 2017
Source: blogs.lexisnexis.co.uk
‘A leading north-west law firm has been ordered to pay £68,000 in VAT for electronic local authority property searches it procured from an agency, after a tribunal ruled that they should not have been treated as disbursements.’
Legal Futures, 18th September 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A professional negligence claim against the Law Society based on information listed in its “Find a Solicitor” (FAS) directory which turned out to be fraudulent should proceed to trial, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 6th September 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A paralegal employed by a personal injury firm under an oral contract was entitled to a bonus payment worth almost £14,000, an employment tribunal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 5th September 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Lord Justice Jackson has expressed his contempt for a firm that recruited a claimant and ‘turned his head’ to bring negligence proceedings. In the Court of Appeal Jackson said it was ‘regrettable’ that north west firm Mellor Hargreaves had persuaded a former miner to bring an action against his previous solicitors to ‘top up’ a damages award.’
Law Society's Gazette, 5th September 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Top UK law firms are ahead of their US counterparts in the use of artificial intelligence (AI), an index of legal service delivery innovation has suggested.’
Legal Futures, 1st September 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A firm responsible for pressuring people into making holiday-sickness claims has had it’s licence stripped by the Claims Management Regulator.’
Ministry of Justice, 25th August 2017
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘The Law Society has failed in its bid to strike out a negligence claim by a law firm that was the victim of a fraud after the details of another firm it had checked on the society’s online “Find a Solicitor” (FAS) facility turned out to be false.’
Legal Futures, 29th August 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘On Thursday 13 July 2017, following the trial of a preliminary issue of limitation, HH Judge Paul Matthews handed down judgment in Osborne v. (1) Follett Stock (a firm); (2) Follett Stock LLP.’
4 New Square, 19th July 2017
Source: www.4newsquare.com
‘A High Court judge has dismissed a negligence claim against London law firm Farrer & Co in a case involving a client with a $300m (£231m) trust fund.’
Legal Futures, 10th August 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A law firm with offices in Italy and England has lost its appeal against a High Court ruling that it was under a duty to warn British and Irish property investors of the risks of investing in a part of Italy associated with organised crime.’
Legal Futures, 2nd August 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Reports of cybercrime from law firms reached record levels in the first quarter of this year, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has said.’
Legal Futures, 26th July 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The government has been accused of undermining the rule of law by putting pressure on an independent regulator in its action against a legal firm pursuing claims of human rights abuses involving British troops in Iraq.’
The Guardian, 22nd July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has approved a fine of £250,000 on international firm White & Case for failures over conflict of interest and client confidentiality. The penalty is the biggest ever issued against a single firm at the tribunal and followed an investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.’
Law Society's Gazette, 19th July 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The profession should soon have an answer to the question of when a conditional fee agreement (CFA) can be assigned from one law firm to another as the Court of Appeal is hearing a test case today.’
Litigation Futures, 5th July 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A law firm referred to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) by the Court of Appeal earlier this year has been shut down by the regulator.’
Legal Futures, 4th July 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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