Legal Services

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) made 26 reports of suspected money laundering by solicitors to the National Crime Agency (NCA) last year, involving more than £200m in possible criminal proceeds.

SRA flags over £200m of potential money laundering by solicitors - Legal Futures

There must be a “third way” of ensuring that qualified lawyers are competent without relying on disciplinary proceedings, the director of regulation and policy at the Legal Services Board (LSB) has said.

Fitness to practise regime “can deal with incompetent lawyers” - Legal Futures

The effects of furlough or lack of work in the past year has had a “devastating” impact on solicitors, with a record number turning to The Solicitors’ Charity for help, the organisation said today.

Solicitors' charity bids to counter "devastating" impact of Covid - Legal Futures

A newly qualified solicitor who said she was “blinded by panic” when she lied about sending an email containing personal data to the wrong person, has been spared a strike-off.

Junior solicitor who lied to opponent "in blind panic" avoids strike-off - Legal Futures

A solicitor who plundered his firm’s client account for nearly £400,000, while failing to redeem a mortgage or pay stamp duty as required, has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT).

Solicitor who plundered client account struck off - and now has unregulated firm - Legal Futures

An English solicitor who was accused of committing international fraud by a professional photographer has succeeded in a claim for breach of contract against him.

https://www.scottishlegal.com/article/english-solicitor-accused-of-modern-day-grave-robbing-succeeds-in-breach-of-anti-defamation-contract-action

A prominent solicitor who headed one of Northern Ireland’s largest commercial law firms may not go on trial for alleged fraud offences until 2023, a court has heard.

https://www.irishlegal.com/article/prominent-solicitor-who-denies-fraud-over-nama-deal-may-not-face-trial-until-2023

A lawyer who assisted in running a £1.6 million scheme to defraud vulnerable people out of their homes has been struck off.

https://www.scottishlegal.com/article/john-craxton-struck-off-after-assisting-in-1-6m-fraud-scheme

The “power of the purse”, coming not from solicitors but from their clients, will “make the difference” in improving diversity at the Bar, a leading Black QC has said.

A solicitor left clients “high and dry” by failing to register their property purchases and pay stamp tax, while misappropriating some £175,000 of their money, a tribunal has found.