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The Legal Services Board (LSB) has said it expects to see “a sense of pace and urgency” from regulators in improving the flow of information to consumers to help them choose a lawyer.
https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/lsb-calls-for-urgency-in-improving-consumer-information
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has started visiting law firms named in Parliament amid concerns about their work for Russian oligarchs, it has emerged.
https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/regulator-probes-law-firms-accused-in-parliament-over-oligarch-work
The SRA Compensation Fund paid out £27m to the victims of solicitors’ dishonesty in its last financial year, an increase of 162% on the previous 12 months.
https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/fund-pays-out-27m-to-victims-of-dishonest-solicitors
Anthony Collins Solicitors was a double winner at this year's Birmingham Law Society Legal Awards.
The Birmingham-based practice won both the paralegal and trainee categories while Trowers & Hamlins took home a new award celebrating diversity and inclusion.
https://www.business-live.co.uk/professional-services/anthony-collins-double-winner-birmingham-23573827?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
An in-house solicitor at Corby Borough Council who lied about giving work to her husband’s company in a bid to have two invoices paid has been struck off.
https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/council-lawyer-lied-about-husbands-company-to-get-invoices-paid
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is to conduct spot checks on law firms to ensure they are complying with the sanctions imposed on Russian individuals, companies and ships.
https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/sra-to-start-spot-checks-on-firms-russia-sanctions-compliance
Two Newcastle fraudsters who stole thousands of pounds in their role as solicitors have been ordered to pay back more than £200,000.
https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2022-02-21/newcastle-solicitors-who-stole-thousands-of-pounds-ordered-to-pay-back-200000
A CO Down solicitor appeared in court accused of abusing his position to commit fraud.
https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2022/02/01/news/solicitor-in-court-accused-of-abusing-his-position-to-commit-fraud-2575264/?param=ds441rif44T
Sir David Green's new role follows three-year stint as a consultant at Slaughter and May
https://www.globallegalpost.com/news/former-uk-fraud-prosecution-head-joins-new-york-boutiques-london-office-1929996018#.YfpLDAqh8cs.twitter
The author of the criminal legal aid review said yesterday that solicitors’ firms are in a “more parlous” state than the Bar, where the picture was “mixed”.
https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/criminal-law-solicitors-suffering-more-than-barristers-says-bellamy
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