Court of Appeal: Legal regulator to face human rights solicitor over prison sentence February 27, 2024 In a long-running legal fight, the legal regulator is set to face a former human rights lawyer for an appeal on her second prison sentence.
Legal regulator contacts more than 1,000 law firms over poor sanctions compliance January 30, 2024 The UK's legal regulator has contacted more than 1,000 law firms that it deemed to have poor sanctions compliance systems in place.
Post Office scandal: Legal regulator warns it ‘will take action’ against unethical lawyers January 19, 2024 The legal regulator has warned law firms and lawyers who worked for the Post Office will face ‘action’ if they are found to have ‘fallen short’ of the standards. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) provided an update into its investigation today, explaining that it is currently scrutinising tens-of-thousands of pages of information and evidence. The [...]
Legal regulator barred ex-Dentons lawyer over sexual misconduct January 15, 2024 A former Dentons lawyer has been barred from being involved in a legal practice by the regulators over sexual misconduct.
City lawyer at Farrer & Co fined £10k by legal regulator for drink driving January 15, 2024 An associate at City law firm Farrer & Co has been fined by the legal regulator after he was charged with drink driving last year
Why Post Office Horizon victims are getting as little as £15.75 in compensation January 12, 2024 There was something deeply wrong with the Post Office’s compensation scheme, as one victim only received £15.75, explained tax expert. Dan Neidle – lawyer and founder of Tax Policy Associates – wrote in an article the Post Office spent years fighting compensation claims in the courts, “using every trick in the book to draw things [...]
Clyde & Co fined £500,000 for breaching anti-money laundering rules January 11, 2024 London law firm Clyde & Co has been ordered to pay a £500,000 fine after it failed to comply with anti-money laundering regulations.
Clyde & Co faces fine after admitting to anti-money laundering failures January 9, 2024 London law firm Clyde & Co looks set to pay a hefty fine after it admitted today that it failed to comply with anti-money laundering regulations.
Exclusive: London law firm used by Wagner boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin has folded December 15, 2023 London-based law firm Discreet Law - used by the Wagner boss - has ceased its practice after it was under investigation for allegedly breaching rules to protect free speech
Legal industry regulators under the scope at justice select committee December 6, 2023 The regulator of the legal sector was under the microscope Tuesday at a House of Commons justice select committee, over potential industry payouts over Axiom Ince. Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) chair Anna Bradley and chief executive Paul Philip were amongst those called to give evidence on the regulation of the legal profession and whether existing [...]