Legal Services

A dual-qualified solicitor and barrister who was struck off after being convicted of conspiracy to defraud the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) has now been disbarred.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/struck-off-solicitor-disbarred-over-legal-aid-fraud

The Law Society has said it is “deeply concerned” that new rules proposed by the Legal Services Board (LSB) could largely prevent it from either lobbying or criticising the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/lsb-rules-could-stop-law-society-from-criticising-sra

A solicitor who took almost £1m from the estates of dead clients has been jailed for six years.

The highly contentious Leigh Day disciplinary case has come to an end with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) paying the firm £1m in costs after the regulator’s unsuccessful appeal.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/sra-pays-leigh-day-1m-in-costs-to-end-disciplinary-case

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is “not sufficiently transparent” in explaining its decisions at board level, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has said.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/sra-not-sufficiently-transparent-in-explaining-decisions

A solicitor who was the ‘go to’ lawyer for a gang of criminals because he would not ask too many questions about where their money came from has been jailed for seven years.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/jail-for-solicitor-who-wouldnt-ask-too-many-questions

A solicitor who took £100,000 from a fine wine scam on investors has been ordered to pay back less than a quarter of the sum or face more jail time.

The practice of making fraudulent legal aid claims was “endemic” at Blavo & Co, which at its height was one of the largest legal aid firms in the country, the High Court has found.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/blavo-told-repay-22m-over-endemic-legal-aid-fraud

Anonymous author explains why legal aid is so vital and how cuts threaten its future

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/dec/27/secret-barrister-legal-aid-the-rule-law-cuts

Personal injury law firms are among those most at risk of fines under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), while data subject access requests are increasingly being used as a litigation tactic, it has emerged.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/gdpr-causing-problems-for-firms-of-all-sizes