‘A solicitor has been suspended from practice after being convicted of allowing a small cannabis farm to grow in her house.’
Legal Futures, 23rd April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The cultures of some law firms and other legal workplaces mean that well-being is “often not a concern” while they chase increased profits, researchers have found.’
Legal Futures, 23rd April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A solicitor who recklessly facilitated a “dubious transaction” involving an Islamic community centre has been fined £20,000 and given a suspended suspension.’
Legal Futures, 15th April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A dishonest “ambulance-chasing” solicitor who overcharged the NHS while pursuing clinical negligence cases has been struck off after a judge ruled that fining him £30,000 was too lenient.’
Daily Telegraph, 13th April 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A solicitor’s conviction for illegally subletting his council flat has been upheld after he lost his appeal against a suspended jail sentence.’
Legal Futures, 12th April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘US firm Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison has failed to strike out an employment tribunal claim brought by a former corporate lawyer in its London office, after a tribunal found her not responsible for a friend’s Twitter campaign against it.’
Legal Futures, 11th April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A solicitor who was recorded by an undercover reporter giving advice on what he knew was a sham marriage has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT).’
Legal Futures, 9th April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Solicitors handling low-value personal injury claims since LASPO should have undertaken risk assessments before setting success fees – rather than just applying 100% across the board – the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 3rd April 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The new rulebook for solicitors may lead to a “new breed” of multi-disciplinary practices (MDPs) emerging that integrate legal services with a very wide range of services for individuals, one of its architects has predicted.’
Legal Futures, 3rd April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A solicitor does not have to investigate whether a medical reporting organisation (MRO) is right to charge VAT on the whole of its bill, the Court of Appeal has ruled in a case that it said affected “thousands” of others.’
Litigation Futures, 3rd April 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘An extended fixed recoverable costs (FRC) regime may lead to reduced income per case for solicitors but this will be balanced by quicker settlements and the chance to take on more cases, the Ministry of Justice has said.’
Litigation Futures, 1st April 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Solicitors must think beyond the drafting of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and confidentiality agreements to the “impression created” by them, a panel of experts has warned.’
Legal Futures, 1st April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A solicitor currently in jail for his part in a fraudulent tax evasion scheme has agreed to be struck off while insisting that he did nothing more than “major English law firms” do for international clients every day.’
Legal Futures, 1st March 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A solicitor who was jailed for 30 days after pleading guilty to making false statements to the Mueller inquiry into alleged Russian involvement in the election of US president Donald Trump has been referred to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT).’
Legal Futures, 28th March 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Acting without integrity involves “greater moral turpitude” on the part of a solicitor than dishonesty but a lesser sanction, a High Court judge has found, while appearing to question previous Court of Appeal authority on the issue.’
Legal Futures, 27th March 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Solicitors who terminated their retainer “peremptorily” without investigating the circumstances of evidence that might have thrown the case into doubt have lost their claim to £8,000 in fees.’
Litigation Futures, 26th March 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Agile working is on the rise in the legal profession, with employees free to work where, when and how they choose.’
The Guardian, 26th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
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