All Regulation and compliance articles – Page 39
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NewsOwner used £200,000 from client account to 'prop up' firm
Veteran solicitor struck off for dishonestly overseeing improper transfers.
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NewsSolicitor issued ‘unjustified’ £250k bill to vulnerable widow client
Owner of Ilford firm took advantage of client through commission fees and excessive storage costs.
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NewsWeinstein whistleblower: ‘nothing has changed’ on NDA rules
Zelda Perkins says her biggest problems started ‘the moment I was in a room with a lawyer’.
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NewsCleared solicitor says £43k personal costs bill is 'grossly unfair'
Maya Nisa-Zaman, who owns Birmingham firm MZ Law Solicitors, says two-year SRA investigation has put her in debt.
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NewsCity executive banned for fabricating Legal 500 emails
Lewis Silkin employee missed directory’s submission deadline.
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NewsSuper-regulator to probe CILEX civil war
LSB cites 'apparent breakdown in relationship between CILEX and CRL and consequential breakdown of trust and communication'.
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OpinionMental health: The impact of SRA investigations
Regulator needs to do more in providing targeted support for all solicitors going through disciplinary investigations.
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NewsOffice manager barred for selling City firm’s property on eBay
Long-serving staff member and a colleague sold office equipment for more than £47,000.
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News'Exemplary' solicitor sees off SRA allegations of AML dishonesty
Tribunal finds that busy Birmingham practitioner was trying her best to ensure compliance.
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NewsSolicitor fined £15,000 for error in rent review advice to 115 clients
Mistake has led to litigation against firm and claims by clients against compensation fund.
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NewsGrand National and fireworks fraudster agrees strike-off
Non-practising solicitor had been convicted of making false representations about his ability to pay for goods.
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FeatureDecisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
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NewsRegulator consults on indemnity scheme
SRA-run indemnity scheme will replace the Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF) when it is wound up next year.
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NewsSQE pass rates reveal continuing racial divide
Latest data on candidates sitting new route to qualification will raise concerns about diversity progress in the profession.
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OpinionPublic need protection from so-called ‘legal advisers’
The super-regulator says clients are satisfied with unregulated will-writers. But how do they know, when the clients are dead?
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NewsLegal secretary barred for abuse of City firm’s air miles
Non solicitor employee was dismissed for gross misconduct in 2019.
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NewsSRA playing politics
‘What business is it for the SRA to be getting involved in Conservative party policy of levelling up?'
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NewsDishonest solicitor ‘too embarrassed’ to tell bosses of her mistake
Experienced solicitor said she panicked when told she had missed court deadlines.
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NewsOmbudsman admits to losing a quarter of staff every year
Attrition rates continue to be high as the complaints handler tries to bring backlog down.