All Regulation and compliance articles – Page 51
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NewsBullying rule could be self-defeating, Society tells SRA
Chancery Lane worries that proposed regulatory requirement to challenge bullying behaviour could silence vulnerable solicitors.
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OpinionLetters roundup: 27 May 2022
Judicial diversity action, a baptism of fire, and putting people first: your letters to the editor.
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NewsSRA should keep costs protection, Supreme Court rules
Regulator had intervened in case raising concerns that it might be unable to bring some prosecutions in future.
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News‘I f**cked up’: Solicitor suspended for accounting failures
Firm did not obtain an accountant’s report for years and missed VAT payments.
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NewsFormer City partner rebuked for putting arm round trainee in strip club
Ex-Clyde & Co solicitor admits failing to have ‘sufficient regard’ for trainee’s wellbeing.
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NewsSRA to boost fining powers by over 1,000% to £25k
Regulator will make decisions in-house rather than send them to the tribunal and incur extra time and cost.
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NewsIn-house solicitor kept quiet about fees paid to family member
General counsel at Volkswagen engaged relative to do work and approved invoices.
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NewsBarrister wins appeal over disbarment for sexual assault
Lawyer had been given a six-month suspended sentence for assault while on a 'drunken bender'.
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News'Textbook SLAPP': Oligarch’s libel lawyers reported to SRA
Discreet Law previously acted for ‘Putin’s chef’ Yevgeny Prigozhin in claim against journalist.
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NewsEmployee banned for posing as divorce expert
Former Gateley manager induced ‘client’ to pay money directly to him under false pretences.
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NewsPrincipal fined for not paying counsel’s £29,000 fees
SRA says solicitor compounded misconduct by ignoring county court order to settle invoice.
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NewsDechert ex-partner leaked to press and ‘plainly lied’ in court – judge
Neil Gerrard ‘negligent and for the most part reckless' over advice to Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation, High Court finds.
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NewsBar watchdog ‘must do better’ on investigations, DG admits
Mark Neale says regulator must speed up ‘agonising’ investigations into barristers.
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NewsSolicitor vanished after SRA probed missing deposit monies
SRA has fielded 25 claims on the compensation fund from former clients of Ilford solicitor.
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NewsSRA asks when solicitors' misconduct should be wiped from record
New consultation on how much information should be published and kept by solicitors’ regulator.
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NewsSRA intervenes after venerable Wales firm enters liquidation
Firm cites rising indemnity insurance costs as key factor behind closure.
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NewsSolicitor jailed for sexual assault struck off
Sole practitioner, 52, was jailed for five years for assault by penetration.
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NewsEx-solicitor jailed for stealing £340,000 from client
Misconduct came to light when solicitor tried to pay debt with a cheque belonging to client.
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NewsLitigant banned over ‘unjustified’ complaints to regulators
Judge extends civil restraint order on nurse who made ‘allegations of dishonesty or discrimination’ against lawyers.