Author: Neil Rose

This post was originally published on this siteHill Dickinson has agreed the highest-profile sports sponsorship in legal history by securing a “long-term” naming rights deal for Premier League football club Everton’s new stadium. The post Commercial law firm to have name on Everton’s new stadium appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe High Court has refused to extend time for a former solicitor to appeal against being struck off in 2017 and in any event struck out the grounds for citing 25 non-existent cases. The post Ex-solicitor cited fake cases in bid to appeal strike-off appeared first on Legal […]

This post was originally published on this siteA barrister acted within professional boundaries in arguing that comparing Israel with Nazi Germany was not inherently antisemitic, the High Court has ruled – although his client’s tweets doing so were. The post “Not improper” for barrister to compare Israel with Nazi Germany appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this sitePlans to modernise will making – including allowing electronic wills – and reduce the number of disputes were today published by the Law Commission. The post Electronic wills at heart of overhaul of 188-year-old law appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe Solicitors Regulation Authority has imposed its largest-ever fine, just shy of £4m, on the former non-solicitor owner of collapsed law firm Kingly Solicitors. The post SRA hands out record £4m fine to non-lawyer owner of failed firm appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe High Court has upheld the decision to strike off a solicitor over tweets on Israel and Palestine, saying they showed “unvarnished antisemitic racism”. The post High Court upholds strike-off for solicitor’s antisemitic tweets appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteA template letter for formally incorporating professional ethical obligations into an in-house solicitor’s employment contract was published yesterday by the Law Society. The post In-house solicitors’ contracts should “incorporate ethical rules” appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe SRA has handed out 50 fines totalling £575,000 for AML rule breaches in the last six months and promised to “ratchet up the consequences” for firms that still do not comply. The post SRA to “ratchet up” AML blitz after £575,000 of fines in six months appeared […]

This post was originally published on this siteThere was little support for a SRA proposal to reapportion contributions to the compensation fund so that individual solicitors pay more than firms, it has emerged. The post SRA decides against changing who pays for compensation fund appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe unexplained wealth order issued against the ex-wife of the struck-off solicitor behind the Axiom Legal Financing Fund fraud will investigate whether her home was bought with tainted funds. The post UWO will investigate how jailed ex-solicitor’s wife bought house appeared first on Legal Futures.