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  • 20 Mar 2023 10:34 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    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

  • 20 Mar 2023 10:33 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    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

  • 20 Mar 2023 10:33 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    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

  • 21 Feb 2023 3:02 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    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

  • 21 Feb 2023 12:39 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    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

  • 21 Feb 2023 12:39 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    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

  • 06 Feb 2023 9:42 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    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

  • 06 Feb 2023 9:42 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    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

  • 30 Jan 2023 9:16 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    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

  • 23 Jan 2023 9:40 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    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.

    https://www.inverclydenow.com/jail-for-money-laundering-ex-lawyers-from-inverclyde/


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