Month: April 2019

This post was originally published on this siteA High Court judge has criticised the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal for “lack of clarity of thought” as it replaced a strike-off with a two-year suspension. The post High Court criticises SDT’s “lack of clarity” as it overturns strike-off appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteLeading academics at University College London have clashed with the Law Society over a proposal to exclude heads of legal from the FCA’s new framework for individual accountability. The post Academics and Law Society clash over in-house accountabillity appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteBarristers have been urged to be less negative in their dealings with colleagues as they may be damaging the profession’s wellbeing – particular of junior counsel. The post Barristers told: Don’t be so negative with colleagues appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe First-tier Tribunal has halved at £198,000 fine imposed on a claims management company for calling people registered with the Telephone Preference Service. The post Tribunal halves CMC’s £200k fine for calling people it shouldn’t appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteCars should be banned from idling near schools and congestion charges imposed across the UK as part of measures recommended by Public Health England (PHE) to stop the 36,000 people dying each year from human-made air pollution. The post Air Pollution: Young lungs at risk – Call to ban idling cars […]

This post was originally published on this siteA recently published government report has revealed that while cyber security is increasingly recognised as high risk to businesses, significant cyber security gaps remain. The post Significant number of businesses still not investing enough in cyber security appeared first on Legal Futures.