Month: April 2021

This post was originally published on this siteA solicitor jailed for more than three years for forging Land Registry documents in a family dispute with the owners of a Newcastle takeaway has been struck off. The post Solicitor struck off for “sophisticated” Land Registry fraud appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteSimplify, the private equity-owned group that leads the conveyancing market, is now one of the largest legal businesses in the country with a turnover of £139m last year, its accounts have shown. The post Conveyancing giant enters the big leagues as acquisitions pay off appeared first on Legal […]

This post was originally published on this siteControversial Solicitors Regulation Authority plans to cut the maximum award from its Compensation Fund from £2m to £500,000 are facing rejection by the Legal Services Board. The post SRA bid to cut Compensation Fund payout cap facing rejection appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe extent to which losses caused by cyber attacks are covered by law firms’ professional indemnity insurance policies is to be clarified by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The post SRA backs new cyber-losses clause for indemnity policies appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe outlook for competition and financial services regulators is constantly evolving. To understand the key shifts, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, Nuix engaged Ari Kaplan Advisors to study the best practices for interacting with an array of financial and competition regulators around the world. The post Podcast: Discussing […]

This post was originally published on this siteFor many, Storm Christoph came and went with little incident in January, for some their houses were flooded by the nearby river in a fairly predictable manner like it had done in years past. But for the residents of Skewen, near Neath in South Wales, the flooding came […]