Author: Nick Hilborne

This post was originally published on this siteA solicitor has been struck off for telling clients to pay small sums of money into his personal account – but, very unusually, his identity has been kept secret. The post Solicitor had clients pay fees into personal bank account appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe Competition and Appeals Tribunal has imposed an indemnity costs order on Walter Merricks, class representative in the groundbreaking collective action against Mastercard. The post Merricks hit by indemnity costs for “completely inappropriate” allegations appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteA conveyancing partner who asked the seller’s solicitor if he could backdate completion by a day to save his client stamp duty land tax has been struck off. The post Strike-off for partner who asked seller’s firm to backdate completion appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteA property partner who failed to undertake proper anti-money laundering checks on a client involved in a “substantial fraud” has been fined £27,500. The post City firm partner fined for unwitting role in property fraud appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe number of solicitors with civil higher rights of audience is poised to overtake criminal for the first time, Solicitors Regulation Authority figures have shown. The post Solicitors with civil higher rights poised to overtake criminal appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteIt is “an indictment” on all the legal regulators that “nothing substantial” has been done to tackle the problem of “complex and difficult to read” client-care letters. The post Regulators accused of doing “nothing” to improve client-care letters appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe Government Legal Department discriminated against a senior lawyer by excluding her from a cost-of-living payment because she was on a career break at the time. The post GLD discriminated against senior lawyer on caring career break appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteA solicitor who dishonestly created and backdated a letter to the landlord of a vulnerable client has been handed a 12-month suspension, suspended for 24 months. The post Suspended suspension for solicitor who fabricated email appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe SRA is to question probate solicitors who “simply listed” in their training records what they had done, rather than providing “evidence of reflection”. The post SRA to quiz probate lawyers who “failed to reflect” on training appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe High Court has referred a barrister to the Bar Standards Board for launching a judicial review which was “abusive and bound to fail” on behalf of a client facing extradition. The post High Court refers barrister to BSB for “abusive” judicial review appeared first on Legal Futures.