‘Acted recklessly’: White & Case fined record sum by SDT for conflict of interest breach Georgiana Tudor White & Case has been fined £250,000 in the largest-ever sanction imposed by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) against a firm,…
Brexit saves Chancery Lane’s bacon as Government backs off proposals to split SRA from Law Society Marco Cillario The hopes of the UK’s largest legal watchdog of being separated from the Law Society appear to have been dashed,…
‘Cavalier’: former Clyde & Co litigator struck off roll after string of misleading failures Legal Business The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has struck off former Clyde & Co senior associate Rajpal Ahluwalia from the roll and…
Cleary, CC and Covington lead as EC fine Google €2.4bn for abuse of dominance in online shopping comparison Legal Business The European Commission (EC) has today (27 June) fined Google €2.4bn for abuse of dominance as a search engine, illegally…
Law Society and SRA launch review to cut practising fee by 4% Kathryn McCann The Law Society and The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have launched a consultation on a proposed 4% cut from the…
‘Cavalier’: former Clyde & Co litigator struck off roll after string of misleading failures Legal Business The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has struck off former Clyde & Co senior associate Rajpal Ahluwalia from the solicitor’s roll…
SRA opens tender for ‘super-exam’ provider with 1 September deadline Legal Business The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) this week opened to tender its search for an assessment provider to deliver the new…
Key law watchdog slashes rulebook and pushes for more market liberalisation Legal Business Solicitors’ bulging code of conduct looks set to be drastically slashed in length and further liberalisation of legal services ushered…
Guest Post: Martyn’s Day – I’m relieved with the result but we’ll need reflection to learn anything useful Legal Business For some time, I have known how I would start my inevitable blogpost about Leigh Day’s disciplinary hearing. Win or…
SDT clears Leigh Day and three of its lawyers in high-profile Iraqi claims misconduct prosecution Legal Business The Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has today (9 June) cleared Leigh Day and three of its lawyers accused of professional misconduct relating…
CAT rules Law Society abused its dominant position in conveyancing training market Tom Baker The Law Society of England and Wales abused its dominant position in the market for the provision of quality certifications…
‘Case to answer’: Former Cobbetts lawyers referred to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal Legal Business Six former Cobbetts lawyers, including former managing partner Nicholas Carr and senior partner Stephen Benson, have been referred to the…
‘Glaring defaults’: SDT hits Clyde & Co with record fine under anti-money laundering rules Legal Business In the joint-largest fine ever handed down to a law firm, in March Clyde & Co was hit with a…
‘The real work starts now’: profession reacts as regulator makes radical changes to legal training Legal Business Super-exam to be used from September 2020 Despite some considerable hostility, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) announced last month that…
Inadequate systems: SDT lays out Clydes failings in money laundering case Legal Business Details behind one of the largest penalties awarded against a law firm by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) have been…
Solicitors’ tribunal hands Clyde & Co record fine under money laundering rules Legal Business In one of the largest penalties awarded against a law firm by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Clyde & Co has…
Law Society under pressure as LSB launches probe into independence from SRA Legal Business The Legal Services Board (LSB) has commenced a probe into the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) regarding its independence from the…
‘Major implications for solicitors’: Law Society backs Mishcon in Dreamvar property fraud case Legal Business The Law Society is considering intervening in a negligence case between Mishcon de Reya and its former client, Dreamvar, after…
‘Old fashioned and bureaucratic’: Law Society chief exec Dixon resigns over lack of governance reform Legal Business The chief executive of the Law Society Catherine Dixon resigned last night (3 January) citing a lack of governance reform…
‘Change of direction’: Bevan Brittan refuses to retender for SRA legal panel Matthew Field LB100 firm Bevan Brittan has declared it will not retender for the Solicitor Regulation Authority’s legal panel, after reviewing the…
