Legal Services

The Law Commission has paved the way for video witnessing of deeds by calling on the government to set up an industry working group which could consider the matter.

Slater & Gordon (S&G) is facing a multi-million pound counterclaim for allegedly using confidential information to reduce the amount it paid to buy Quindell’s professional services division (PSD).

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/slater-gordon-faces-63m-quindell-counterclaim

A solicitor who repeatedly made “inappropriate and puerile comments” on social media about his clients’ matters, and revealed confidential information, has been rebuked for his conduct.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/solicitor-sanctioned-for-puerile-social-media-posts-on-clients

A solicitor’s 55 years of practice have come to an end after he was struck off for overcharging probate clients.

A disciplinary tribunal has cleared a Manchester claimant solicitor of allegations that he deliberately misled a court about when he had sent documents to the defendant solicitors in a case.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/tribunal-clears-solicitor-of-misleading-court

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has set out ways in which solicitors can fail to act with integrity – the source of much debate over the extent to which it differs from dishonesty.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/sra-spells-out-how-to-lack-integrity-without-being-dishonest

The breakdown of how the £700,000 of government money awarded to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to run the Legal Access Challenge has finally been published, with nearly half of it going to partner Nesta Challenges.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/sra-reveals-how-700k-legal-access-challenge-cash-is-being-spent

A solicitor who acted recklessly and with “manifest incompetence” by becoming involved in a Ponzi scheme has avoided being struck off in part because of the delay in the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) prosecuting him.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/sra-delay-helps-manifestly-incompetent-solicitor-avoid-strike-off

The Law Society is warning that turnover from legal services would slump by £3.5bn in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

The High Court has struck out a claim for professional negligence, breach of contract and fiduciary duty made against a central London law firm which was based on “incomprehensible pleadings”.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/high-court-strikes-out-incomprehensible-claim-against-law-firm