‘A leading South-West law firm has been fined £101,357 for failing to act over money laundering red flags on three property transactions, two of which may have involved a sanctioned entity.’
Legal Futures, 27th November 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority has set out its views on the opportunities – and risks – presented by artificial intelligence (AI).’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st November 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A “rude and disruptive” caseworker who “embroiled” a national law firm in a “vast, unmeritorious” discrimination claim must pay £20,000 in costs, an employment tribunal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 22nd November 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has criticised a leading private prosecutions law firm for the information it provided to persuade a judge to issue summonses alleging fraud against three people.’
Legal Futures, 21st November 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A national firm has been awarded £20,000 in costs after an employment tribunal found the claimant was vexatious and conducted proceedings unreasonably “almost from their inception.” ’
Law Society's Gazette, 20th November 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned two misleading TikTok posts by a law firm for not making clear that the people featured were not genuine clients.’
Legal Futures, 15th November 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A costs judge has refused a former client’s plea for a recording of the call where they signed up to instruct a law firm. In Turner v Coupland Cavendish, Costs Judge Rowley said the call recording remained the solicitors’ property rather than the client’s and did not need to be disclosed.’
Law Society's Gazette, 6th November 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Artificial intelligence (AI) will have multiple uses for litigators, including helping with costs budgeting and validating advice to clients, a leading partner at Eversheds Sutherland has predicted.’
Legal Futures, 3rd November 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A firm has successfully challenged a 20% late-submission penalty to a legal aid settlement.’
Law Society's Gazette, 3rd November 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A disabled director of leading legal aid firm Duncan Lewis was unfairly dismissed over absences from work and his failure to report them, an employment tribunal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 31st October 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Al aw firm acting in a professional negligence claim against another firm gave “unrealistic” estimates and the incurred costs were “likely to be unreasonable”, a judge has found.’
Law Society's Gazette, 23rd October 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The High Court has rejected the first bid to use the Supreme Court’s PACCAR ruling by a company looking to invalidate a litigation funding agreement (LFA) it had signed up to.’
Legal Futures, 23rd October 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has rejected an appeal against a £20,000 fine imposed on a male law firm owner who said “mmm, I like what I see” to a young woman applying for a paralegal position.’
Legal Futures, 3rd October 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has slapped a law firm with a £45,000 fine for multiple failures in its conduct of financial mis-selling claims.’
Legal Futures, 2nd October 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A family law firm that disclosed personal data about a woman and children to her rapist ex-partner has been highlighted in a warning over how data breaches are putting domestic abuse victims’ lives at risk.’
Legal Futures, 28th September 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has ordered a law firm not to use fees from a PPI claims joint venture now the subject of a dispute, despite it warning that this could put it out of business.’
Legal Futures, 29th September 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Law firms often adopt diversity initiatives “because they are fashionable, not because they work”, an academic and diversity specialist has argued.’
Legal Futures, 25th September 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A law firm’s former clients have lost their appeal against a decision that they owe outstanding fees to the non-lawyer who took assignment of their retainers.’
Legal Futures, 15th September 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Individual solicitors and their firms will be paying an extra £13.2m to be regulated and represented in the coming year, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has confirmed.’
Legal Futures, 7th September 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Law firm cultures where solicitors are able to admit and learn from mistakes are central to ensuring adherence to professional ethics, the president of the Law Society said yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 6th September 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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