Solicitors ‘misled’ sick miners – BBC News
“Two solicitors who won personal injury claims for thousands of miners have appeared before a tribunal accused of taking cuts from compensation pay-outs.”
BBC News, 17th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: solicitors
Solicitors warned on offering hard-to-shift homes in prize draws – The Times
“Solicitors across the country have received a formal warning about the dangers of getting involved in prize draws to shift unsold houses and flats during the economic downturn.”
The Times, 15th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Miners’ compensation: third of solicitors now flout rules on secret payments to win work – The Times
“The legal profession faces a radical overhaul of a multimillion-pound trade in which thousands of solicitors fork out confidential payments or commission to obtain work.”
The Times, 14th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Quality fears prompt SRA to review foreign lawyer qualification regime – Legal Week
“The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is set to launch a formal consultation into the way in which foreign lawyers qualify into the UK, after pressure from the Law Society and education providers to tighten the regulations.”
Legal Week, 6th November 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
Too many solicitors are no good in court, say barristers – The Times
“A furious row has erupted with barristers blaming solicitors for what they say are appalling standards of advocacy in criminal trials.”
The Times, 3rd November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lord Hunt to lead review of legal regulation – Legal Week
“Lord Hunt of Wirral, the former senior partner of Beachcroft, is set to lead a review on regulating the profession, the Law Society has announced today.”
Legal Week, 14th October 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
SRA hits out at Law Soc review – The Lawyer
“The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has attacked the Law Society for over-stepping its remit in launching a potentially dramatic review into the regulation of the legal profession.”
The Lawyer, 10th October 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Online complaints plan on hold – Law Society’s Gazette
“Controversial plans to publish complaints against solicitors online have been shelved. In a long-awaited decision, the Legal Complaints Service (LCS) this week said it still favours the idea – but passed responsibility for any scheme to its successor body, which comes into being in 2010.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th October 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Law Society regulatory powers – views sought on draft Order – Ministry of Justice
“The Ministry of Justice is seeking views on a draft order amending the Law Society’s regulatory powers.”
Ministry of Justice, 6th October 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Terror lawyer bribe probe dropped – BBC News
“Police have dropped a bribery probe into one of the leading UK lawyers who represents terrorism suspects.”
BBC News, 16th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lawyer Jeffrey Tesler ‘bribed officials in $6bn Nigerian gas deal’ – The Times
“A suburban solicitor accused of distributing £100 million of bribes to secure lucrative gas contracts is being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office.”
The Times, 12th September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Why do women solicitors earn less than men? – Law Society’s Gazette
“When Fiona Fitzgerald, chair of the Association of Women Solicitors, was preparing to launch the joint campaign with the Law Society on equal pay, she first checked her own firm’s record.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th September 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Anthony Julius caught in conflict of interest row – The Times
“Mishcon de Reya, the law firm, and its star solicitor Anthony Julius have become embroiled in a High Court dispute involving an allegation of professional impropriety, it emerged today.”
The Times, 3rd September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
College of Law hits out at SRA proposals – Legal Week
“The College of Law has hit out at the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) after the regulatory body proposed scrapping compulsory higher rights qualifications for solicitor advocates in favour of a voluntary accreditation process.”
Legal Week, 29th August 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
Irwin Mitchell (a Firm) v Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office and Another – Times Law Reports
Irwin Mitchell (a Firm) v Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office and Another
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“It was not the purpose of a criminal restraint order to prevent third parties from enforcing civil rights against a defendant if those rights would be unaffected by a confiscation order which might be made against the defendant at the end of criminal proceedings against him.”
The Times, 27th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
How logging on can help you to find the right lawyer – The Times
“Lawyers have never believed themselves to be a service industry. But the days of hanging up your shingle and waiting for a grateful public to beat its way to your door are gone, replaced by an online environment where the power is shifting rapidly towards consumers.”
The Times, 21st August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Ethnic minority lawyers discriminated against, report finds – The Guardian
“The body that regulates solicitors has been discriminating against ethnic minority lawyers and subjecting them to potentially ruinous investigations, an independent report has concluded.”
The Guardian, 14th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Irwin Mitchell v Revenue and Customs Prosecutions and another – WLR Daily
“The purpose of a criminal restraint order was not to prevent third parties from enforcing civil rights against a defendant if those rights would be unaffected by a confiscation order which might be made against the defendant at the end of the proceedings. ”
WLR Daily, 1st August 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
SRA kickstarts Clementi revolution with new LDP structures – The Lawyer
“The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is set to change its Code of Conduct in reaction to the regulatory demands of Legal Services Act 2007.”
The Lawyer, 28th July 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Women lawyers and the City: where are they? – The Times
“Last month marked 793 years since Magna Carta was signed, a great step forward for the cause of liberty in Britain. Yet although there has been much progress over these eight centuries, there is one area of shame for lawyers like myself — that opportunities for high-flying women in our profession seem more suited to the 13th than the 21st century.”
The Times, 17th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
