Author: Neil Rose

This post was originally published on this siteA judge has issued a temporary block on an executive order from President Donald Trump targeting the major law firm that acted for Hillary Clinton. The post Judge temporarily blocks Trump order targeting Clinton’s lawyers appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteBreaches of AML rules are effectively strict liability offences and the SRA does not need to show severity to prove misconduct, the High Court ruled yesterday. The post Court: Solicitors’ breaches of AML rules “strict liability offences” appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThere is now “clear evidence” that solicitor apprenticeships are facilitating social mobility, analysis by the Solicitors Regulation Authority has shown. The post “Clear evidence” that solicitor apprenticeships aid social mobility appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteA costs judge has allowed a leading US law firm to recover partner costs at £700 per hour, said to be the largest ever departure from the guideline hourly rates. The post Costs judge allows £700 an hour in biggest departure from guidelines appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe retirement of SRA chief executive Paul Philip has nothing to do with the Axiom Ince scandal, he has emphasised. Meanwhile, the chair of the BSB is stepping down too. The post SRA’s Philip says retirement plan predated Axiom Ince appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteA solicitor cannot base a victimisation claim against her law firm at the employment tribunal on it reporting her to the Solicitors Regulation Authority, a judge has ruled. The post Solicitor cannot base victimisation claim on firm’s report to SRA appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteCity law firm CMS has taken “decisive action” after learning that a senior member of its HR team, a prospective Reform UK councillor, posted anti-Islamic and anti-transgender comments on X. The post City law firm takes action over “anti-Islam” HR advisor appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteLast year saw UK lawtech companies raise £140m in funding as they attracted more investors in the UK and internationally than ever before, according to a new report. The post Investment in UK lawtech grows to £140m last year appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteAn “extraordinary” and “unprecedented” failure of disclosure that has seen thousands of privileged documents released to the other side has been revealed in the High Court. The post Thousands of privileged documents disclosed in “unprecedented” error appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteA law firm and two of its partners have been fined nearly £50,000 between them for allowing two wealthy clients to use its client account as a banking facility. The post Firm and two partners fined £50k for offering banking facility appeared first on Legal Futures.