Legal Services

The head of marketing at Tandem Law took money from the scandal-hit Axiom Legal Financing Fund has been banned from working in the profession after he accepted kick-backs from referral fees paid with Axiom money.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/marketing-chief-who-took-referral-fee-kick-backs-banned-from-profession

Two solicitors have been struck off for their role in an insurance fraud that cost victims £426,000.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/solicitors-struck-off-for-role-in-major-motor-insurance-fraud

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has bought a document review system backed up by artificial intelligence (AI) to improve significantly its document analysis capability – and put out of work barristers who it previously used to identify material subject to legal professional privilege

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/bad-news-for-barristers-sfo-adopts-ai-powered-document-review-after-successful-test-in-rolls-royce-case

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has approved an initial application by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to introduce the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE).

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/legal-services-board-approves-sqe-for-now

A solicitor who took £1m from the legal aid fund by fabricating cases and making hundreds of improper claims, and then abandoned his practice, has been struck off.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/solicitor-made-1m-from-bogus-legal-aid-claims-and-then-abandoned-practice

Law firms must not use non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to prevent the reporting of professional misconduct – including sexual harassment or misconduct towards other employees or clients – the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) warned

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/sra-tells-law-firms-not-to-use-non-disclosure-agreements-to-hide-misconduct

Six former leaders of defunct firm Cobbetts have been fined by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) for their actions as the firm was going under.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/six-cobbetts-partners-fined-over-firms-collapse-but-manifest-incompetence-allegation-is-dropped

A senior barrister has been suspended for failing to pay over a period of nearly five years what was due to a senior clerk at his previous chambers, of which he was head, when it was dissolved.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/head-of-dissolved-chambers-suspended-for-not-paying-long-serving-clerk-contractual-dues

A solicitor jailed for his role in a Ponzi scheme – in which he used his professional credentials to persuade people to invest– has been struck off.

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

Birmingham Law Society laid out the welcome mat for the city’s next generation of legal talent

https://www.birminghampost.co.uk/business/business-news/birmingham-law-society-welcomes-new-14324308