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A solicitor prosecuted for his involvement in a Ponzi scheme – and for the second time over the same set of facts – has this time been struck off.

A solicitor currently in jail for his part in a fraudulent tax evasion scheme has agreed to be struck off while insisting that he did nothing more than “major English law firms” do for international clients every day.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/tax-fraud-solicitor-proclaims-innocence-as-he-accepts-strike-off

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has given both the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and Bar Standards Board (BSB) a clean bill of health in the way they enforce their rules.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/sra-and-bsb-praised-for-enforcement-processes

A solicitor prosecuted for his involvement in a Ponzi scheme – and for the second time over the same set of facts – has this time been struck off. 

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/brazilian-ponzi-scheme-solicitor-struck-off

The term ‘fundamental dishonesty’ is referred to in both Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) 44.16(1) and Criminal Justice and Courts Act (CJCA) 2015, Section 57. CJCA 2015, Section 57 allows for an entire personal injury claim to be dismissed, including any genuine elements, on the basis that the claimant has been fundamentally dishonest in relation to the primary claim or a related claim.

https://www.hja.net/fundamental-dishonesty-and-fraud-in-a-personal-injury-cases/

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A law firm that specialised in mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) cases has been fined a record £125,000 for a raft of rule breaches, including sending millions of misleading and unsolicited marketing letters.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/record-fine-for-law-firm-acting-on-mis-sold-ppi-claims

The UK’s former director of public prosecutions (DPP) has been barred from contact with agencies such as the Serious Fraud Offices for two years over conflict of interest fears.

http://www.cityam.com/274450/former-head-public-prosecutions-barred-dealing-cps-and-sfo

A “stressed” solicitor has been struck off after receiving a suspended prison sentence for pretending claims had concluded and paying clients damages they had not in fact been awarded.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/solicitor-struck-off-for-fraud-conviction-and-attempting-cover-up

A solicitor who was being groomed to take over a Liverpool law firm has been jailed for a £13,400 fraud, leaving his former boss with an “indescribable” feeling of betrayal.