Legal Services

A solicitor who transferred over £64,500 from client account to his personal account has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT).

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/disgraceful-solicitor-who-sent-client-money-to-girlfriend-struck-off

The Centre for Ethics & Laws at University College London is to hold an independent review into the regulatory framework for legal services.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/mayson-to-lead-review-of-legal-regulation

Eight lawyers and a legal clerk face court after an investigation over allegedly fraudulent legal aid claims worth over £12.6m.

http://www.globallegalpost.com/big-stories/alleged-126m-legal-aid-fraud-investigation-nets-eight-lawyers-61909848/

A solicitor who used £500,000 of money in his firm’s client account to feed his gambling addiction – although he paid most of it back in winnings – has been struck off.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/solicitor-used-500000-from-client-account-to-fund-gambling-addiction

A solicitor who lied in her application for a training contract at Weightmans and then for a new job at DLA Piper after qualifying has been struck off. 

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/solicitor-lied-on-cvs-for-training-contract-and-associate-job-struck-off

The Legal Services Board (LSB) finally has a permanent chair after Dr Helen Phillips was given an unprecedented five-year term.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/new-chair-of-legal-services-board-named-14-months-after-last-one-left

Law firm managers and in-house counsel will increasingly rely on artificial intelligence (AI) for decisions on the best strategic course to take in the future, according to a Law Society study.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/ai-will-help-law-firms-make-business-decisions-says-law-society-report

The Law Society has launched a fierce attack on the second attempt by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to reduce the indemnity insurance and compensation fund requirements for solicitors.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/law-society-condemns-sras-indemnity-and-compensation-fund-reforms

Insolvencies in the legal sector are set to double this year if trends seen in the first quarter of 2018 continue, indicating a possible downturn in the fortunes of law firms

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/law-firm-insolvencies-rising-sharply-research-finds

Law firms will have to publish their prices for a range of consumer and business services, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has decided, but they will not have to put their complaints records in the public domain.

http://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/law-firms-will-have-to-publish-certain-prices-but-not-complaints-data-sra-decides