Legal Services

House buying is an expensive business and conveyancing solicitors hold large sums of money that need to be moved on swiftly which can make them and their clients a target for fraudsters. Headlines and statistics have clearly shown that this is a profitable area for criminals over recent years.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/associate-news/how-law-firms-can-help-their-clients-to-avoid-conveyancing-fraud

The vast majority of major law firms still have significant unaddressed cyber-risk, despite repeated urging by regulators, insurers and others to shore up their defences, according to new research.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/law-firms-shocking-vulnerability-to-cyber-criminals

The Chancellor of the High Court has urged commercial lawyers to prepare for the disruptive impact of technology on the law, the legal system and legal profession before others “steal a march” on them.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/top-judge-tells-business-lawyers-get-ready-for-the-future

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has issued a thinly veiled warning to the Bar Standards Board (BSB) over the need to invest “substantially” in consumer information after its controversial decision to withdraw from funding Legal Choices.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/warning-shot-for-bsb-after-it-axes-legal-choices-funding

A woman who set up a fake law firm email address so as to provide a bogus reference to a real firm looking to employ her has been banned from working in the profession.

A solicitor who forged three documents to help him in an investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has been struck off.

Three solicitors from RPC and one barrister from Hardwicke, all of whom practice in civil fraud and wider commercial litigation, came together to share their advice with students at Legal Cheek’s latest event.

https://www.legalcheek.com/lc-careers-posts/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-civil-fraud-lawyer/#.XcNXSJAvwuM.twitter

The High Court has opted not to ban a solicitor caught up in a property scam, saying a finding of serious misconduct should not always result in such a penalty.

https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/serious-misconduct-is-not-always-a-banning-offence-high-court-rules/5101967.article#.Xb4PfyESy5M.twitter

Record numbers of finance officers from law firms are appearing before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, new figures show.

The Criminal Justice system has been the recipient of devastating cuts to its budget, leaving it in a terrible state.  We are reaping what has been sown with the result that we are seeing ‘woefully low crime detection rates’; an explosion in the use of Release under Investigation; prosecution rates down 30%, empty court rooms and increasing waiting times in the most serious of cases. 

https://www.criminalbar.com/resources/news/cba-fee-announcement-01-11-19/