Author: Nick Hilborne

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.

This post was originally published on this siteA judge has refused a lender’s application for summary judgment against a law firm in a case involving an “imposter who appears to have fraudulently deceived” both of them. The post Law firm fights off summary judgment in property fraud claim appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteA young lawyer who changed dates on lasting powers of attorney and misled clients about when they were sent to the Office of the Public Guardian has been struck off. The post Young solicitor who misled clients over LPAs is struck off appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe only thing that makes it hard for smaller law firms to invest in legal tech is “compromising profits today for growth tomorrow”, the founder of a fast-expanding commercial law firm has said. The post Smaller law firms should “compromise profits today” to invest in tech appeared first […]