Author: Neil Rose

This post was originally published on this siteA high-profile Italian lawyer who failed to declare various adverse findings about himself when applying to be called to the English Bar has been reprimanded and fined £50,000. The post £50k fine for lawyer over omissions when applying to join Bar appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe High Court has upheld a six-month suspension imposed on a barrister who failed to comply with a court order to pay £54,600 to a former salaried partner in his law firm. The post Court upholds suspension of barrister in debt to ex-law firm partner appeared first on […]

This post was originally published on this siteListed legal businesses again proved a mixed bag of investments last year, with Keystone Law and NAHL continuing to go up, the annual Legal Futures analysis of ‘Law PLC’ has revealed. The post Keystone and NAHL lead way in mixed year for Law PLC appeared first on Legal […]

This post was originally published on this siteTwo experienced partners who submitted paperwork to HM Land Registry with fake names to conceal the true owners of properties have been struck off. The post Partners struck off for misleading HM Land Registry appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe cost of practising as a barrister is set to rise by 8.5%, in part to finance continuing investigations into counsel involved in the Post Office scandal. The post Post Office investigations to push up costs of barrister regulation appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteA solicitor has failed in a claim for a bonus of nearly £10,000 after a contractual dispute an employment tribunal found “entirely” of his law firm’s making. The post Law firm defends employment case “entirely of its own making” appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteAxiom Ince chief executive Pragnesh Modhwadia and fellow solicitor Shyam Mistry, along with three senior staff, were charged today by the Serious Fraud Office. The post SFO charges two Axiom Ince partners and three senior executives appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteNational insurance and commercial law firm HF has become the latest to take private equity investment, with all staff to receive payouts due its existing share scheme. The post Share payout for staff as national firm takes private equity cash appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe Solicitors Regulation Authority has opened dozens of investigations into law firms in relation to their conduct of volume litigation. Between them, they handle more than 150,000 claims. The post SRA opens dozens of investigations into volume litigation firms appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe first opt-out collective action decided by the Competition Appeal Tribunal yesterday went against the claimant acting on behalf of 3.8m customers of communications giant BT. The post CAT finds against consumers in first opt-out action to reach trial appeared first on Legal Futures.