Author: Neil Rose

This post was originally published on this siteA well-known City law firm has been heavily criticised by the High Court for distributing a confidential embargoed draft judgment to journalists before it was handed down. The post High Court criticises City firm for breaching judgment embargo appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteA long-serving property solicitor who defrauded a Hereford law firm out of £160,000 by diverting disbursement payments into her own bank account has been jailed for 30 months. The post Jail for property solicitor who defrauded own firm of £160k appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteKeystone Law is to pay a special dividend to shareholders this year in light of “the strength of our balance sheet and our confidence in the future”. The post “Confidence in the future” – listed law firm pays special dividend appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteA law firm owner who failed to pay a wasted costs order as well as four fines imposed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority has been suspended for six months. The post Suspension for solicitor “who would not allow firm to be regulated” appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe number of new motor injury claims in the first quarter of 2025 – and indeed the number of PI claims in total registered with the CRU – fell to an all-time low. The post Number of personal injury claims falls to new low appeared first on Legal […]

This post was originally published on this siteThere is “growing evidence” that unregulated immigration lawyers are abusing the system, the government has claimed in unveiling beefed-up powers for the Immigration Advice Authority. The post New powers for regulator to crack down on immigration advisers appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteSSB Law has been accused of employing “unethical tactics” to retain clients who wanted to drop their cases and the Solicitors Regulation Authority condemned for its response. The post SSB used “unethical tactics” to stop clients dropping cases appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has reprimanded a solicitor who did not comply with a direction from the Legal Ombudsman – but said it should not have reached the tribunal. The post SDT reprimands solicitor who failed to comply with LeO decision appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe structure of the Bar impedes the adoption of technology and innovation, but barristers need to do so to drive “a better and more efficient service for clients”, a BSB report has argued. The post BSB: Barristers need to embrace tech to improve client service appeared first on […]

This post was originally published on this siteLeading specialist firm Family Law Partners has eschewed approaches from private equity houses to move instead to employee ownership. The post Top family firm chooses employee ownership over private equity appeared first on Legal Futures.