Author: Nick Hilborne

This post was originally published on this siteThe High Court has granted a final injunction to stop a district judge being harassed by his brother-in-law over a will. The post High Court grants injunction to judge harassed by brother-in-law appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe Legal Services Board is entitled to withhold the email addresses of its board of directors and staff, the Information Commissioner’s Office has ruled in response to an FoI request. The post LSB entitled to withhold email addresses of staff appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteA solicitor who arranged sham marriages as an immigration lawyer while “falsely representing” to the Home Office that his own marriage was genuine, has been struck off. The post Sham marriages solicitor is struck off appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteA local authority solicitor who provided “false and misleading information” to colleagues over a period of 18 months about an application to discharge a child’s care order has been struck off. The post Local authority solicitor who lied about care order struck off appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteAn employment tribunal was entitled to reject a barrister’s claim that LGBT charity Stonewall “caused or induced” discrimination against her by her chambers, the EAT has ruled. The post Stonewall did not “induce” chambers’ discrimination against barrister appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteA High Court judge has rectified a will after finding it was “beyond doubt” that the solicitor who drafted it “made a clerical error” in failing to implement her client’s instructions. The post High Court rectifies will after solicitor’s “clerical error” appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe backlog of almost 3,400 cases waiting to be investigated at the Legal Ombudsman “reflects the scale of the challenges” it faces, the chief ombudsman has said. The post LeO’s backlog “reflects scale of challenges”, chief ombudsman says appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteTwo-thirds of South Asian partners in large London law firms have experienced racial discrimination in career progression, a new report has found. The post South Asian lawyers “experience discrimination in career progression” appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteComplaints about the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s handling of cases rose by 29% last year, with the increase in interventions part of the reason. The post Complaints about the SRA rise by 29% appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe Solicitors Regulation Authority has reported two law firms to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, part of the Treasury, for breaching sanctions on Russia. The post SRA reports two law firms to Treasury for breaching Russia sanctions appeared first on Legal Futures.