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An unregistered barrister who defrauded his grandmother of more than £10,000 has been disbarred. Darren Stapleford, called by Inner Temple in November 2012, was convicted at Chichester Crown Court in 2016 of five counts of fraud. He was sentenced to four years imprisonment on each count to be served concurrently and ordered to pay £8,000 in compensation.
https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/barrister-who-defrauded-his-grandmother-disbarred/5115399.article#.ZA-G3JdLS6o.twitter
The former director of one of the country’s biggest legal aid firms was today accused of ‘utterly brazen fraud’ against the Legal Aid Agency.
https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/sra-accuses-former-legal-aid-boss-of-utterly-brazen-fraud/5115419.article#.ZA-Gm4elX9U.twitter
A solicitor who lost £230,000 of a client’s money by moving it into her personal bank account and then investing in a scheme which turned out to be a scam has been struck off.
https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/solicitor-lost-230k-of-client-money-after-falling-for-investment-scam
A solicitor who failed to pass on to a client the £132,000 due to her from her divorce settlement – money the profession has now had to stump up – has been struck off.
https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/family/solicitor-ghosted-client-and-sra-after-receiving-divorce-settlement
A solicitor who “shattered” public trust in the profession by making a fake personal injury (PI) claim through the law firm where he worked has been struck off.
https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/strike-off-for-solicitor-whose-fake-pi-claim-shattered-public-trust
A veteran solicitor who signed but then kept 743 cheques worth £233,000 in a filing cabinet in his office, rather than using them to pay disbursements and other liabilities, has been struck off.
https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/solicitor-hid-743-cheques-worth-233000-in-filing-cabinet
Solicitors could improve their productivity by using distributed ledger technology (DLT) but need to take care if a client wants to pay by cryptocurrency, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has cautioned.
https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/crypto-world-opens-up-opportunities-for-solicitors-says-sra
A fee-earner who misappropriated at least £338,000 from her firm by making fraudulent land tax claims has been banned from the profession.
https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/conveyancing-fee-earner-banned-over-338000-tax-scam
Solicitors and their regulator have found themselves in the crosshairs of MPs and peers this week over strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) and economic crime.
https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/parliament-ratchets-up-pressure-on-sra-and-solicitors
THREE former lawyers and two other men who masterminded a £1.48million bank and property money-laundering operation have been jailed for a total of 30 years and four months.
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