Author: Neil Rose

This post was originally published on this siteA senior in-house solicitor who coined offensive nicknames for colleagues and sent sweary emails has been fined £15,000 by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. The post In-house solicitor fined for offensive nicknames and emails appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this sitePresident Donald Trump’s assault on the legal profession went up a notch on Saturday by ordering action against lawyers who bring “partisan” litigation against the federal government. The post Trump escalates attack on lawyers with disciplinary threat appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe Good Law Project is threatening US law firm Morrison Foerster with legal action over its London office “reneging” on an agreement to represent a trans man. The post Legal threat to US firm in London over “u-turn on helping trans man” appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe 15% uplift in the fixed fees for whiplash cases will take effect from 31 May, the fourth anniversary of the Official Injury Claim portal, justice minister Sarah Sackman has announced. The post Whiplash tariff to rise on 31 May but fixed costs review delayed appeared first on […]

This post was originally published on this siteConveyancers have been warned over efforts to amend agreed conditions of sale to take into account the possibility of not completing before SDLT changes. The post Conveyancers warned over amending contracts ahead of SDLT deadline appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe court modernisation project ends this month with the “very disappointing” outcome of only 23% of civil cases being digital end to end, the Master of the Rolls told MPs this week. The post MR: “Very disappointing” end to court modernisation programme appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe SRA relied on complaints by anonymous people and “a significant amount of prejudicial hearsay evidence” to support a failed prosecution against two high-profile solicitors. The post SRA used “prejudicial hearsay evidence” in failed prosecution appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe Russian arm of top City firm Herbert Smith Freehills has been fined £465,000 for breaching UK financial sanctions imposed on Russia. The post City giant fined £465k for sanctions breach by Russian arm appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe case of Jo Sidhu KC – who was disbarred yesterday – “exposes the failure of the current systems to effectively prevent sexual misconduct at the Bar”, Harriet Harman KC said yesterday. The post Sidhu disbarred and attacked for “abusing power to perpetrate abuse” appeared first on Legal […]

This post was originally published on this siteThere are no rules that require law firms to take on clients outside of criminal work and so they need to be willing to justify their choices publicly, the former senior partner of Allen & Overy said this week. The post Beringer: No rules force law firms to […]