‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) needs to take a tougher approach to non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), a leading legal ethics expert has told MPs.’
Legal Futures, 19th April 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Speech by Sir Geoffrey Vos, Chancellor of the High Court: Integrity and independence in the judiciary and the financial services industry – a comparative study.’
Courts & Tribunals Judiciary, 21st March 2018
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘A solicitor whose corporate client had a summary judgment entered against them because he failed to attend a court hearing, has been struck off after making a false statement denying he knew about it in advance.’
Litigation Futures, 19th March 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Dishonesty and lack of integrity cannot be treated as synonymous for the purposes of assessing a solicitor’s conduct, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Law Society's Gazette, 8th March 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Judges should restrict the number of observers allowed into court when defendants or witnesses are compelled to remove their veil to give evidence, new guidance to judges recommends.’
The Guardian, 28th February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Struck-off solicitor Phil Shiner has had his bankruptcy extended by five years after he gifted away nearly £500,000 worth of assets to family members before declaring himself bankrupt and was unable to pay £6.5m back to his creditors.’
Legal Futures, 26th February 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘When must a police misconduct hearing adjourn the proceedings for the attendance of the respondent officer or even a witness?’
UK Police Law Blog, 9th February 2018
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘A former auditor of scandal-hit insurance software firm Quindell has been fined £1m and reprimanded by the accounting watchdog for “misconduct” in its handling of the company’s finances. The Financial Reporting Council said Arrandco Audit, formerly known as RSM Tenon, failed to “exercise sufficient professional scepticism” and to ensure the company’s financial statements in the year to January 2011 were free from inaccuracies. One of its partners, Jeremy Filley, was also slapped with an £80,000 fine.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Peers have backed a proposal that would require Theresa May to proceed with the second stage of the Leveson inquiry.’
BBC News, 10th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has decided against striking off a solicitor it found had forged correspondence and lied to both her client and her employer, after finding that a root cause of her misconduct was the firm’s culture and the pressure it exerted on her to meet billing targets.’
Legal Futures, 10th January 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The IOPC today replaces the Independent Police Complaints Commission Commission.’
UK Police Law Blog, 8th January 2018
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘In a four month period in 2017, there were 24,000 attempts to access pornographic websites in the Houses of Parliament. Westminster may be a special case, but should it be a sackable offence in regular offices?’
The Guardian, 8th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Legal Services Consumer Panel (LSCP) has warned that the second phase of reforms to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Handbook would “compound existing complexities” and could further confuse consumers.’
Legal Futures, 9th January 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A teacher has been banned from his profession for life after he “utterly exploded” proper professional boundaries.’
BBC News, 20th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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