Legal Services

A well-known London law firm that let one of its partners use its client account as a banking facility, with millions of pounds going in and out, has been fined £35,000 by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT).

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/london-law-firm-fined-35k-allowing-partner-use-client-account-banking-facility

The BSB has backtracked on many of the elements of its plan to force barristers to publish prices and service information – most notably by suggesting that instead of putting hourly rates on their websites, chambers should simply have to tell potential clients to contact them for a quote.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/bsb-backtracks-plan-force-barristers-publish-prices-first-tier-complaints

State-school education solicitors are far more likely to operate in criminal law than corporate, new figures published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority have shown.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/state-school-educated-lawyers-likely-go-criminal-law-corporate

An estate agent and her solicitor husband together defrauded clients for their own financial gain.

http://www.propertyindustryeye.com/estate-agent-and-solicitor-couple-in-spectacular-fraud/

Find out who has been nominated in this year's annual awards which celebrated individuals and law firms both big and small

https://www.birminghampost.co.uk/business/legal/birmingham-law-society-unveils-2018-14240049

A sole practitioner who admitted dishonesty misappropriating £100,000 of client money could end up costing the compensation fund over £600,000

Partners in a former Stratford-upon-Avon law firm have been fined by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) after the finance co-ordinator in the accounts department took nearly £1.7m from client account “to keep the firm running”

Whilst malicious prosecution claims could be brought in respect of criminal proceedings, civil proceedings were treated differently.

https://www.mishcon.com/news/articles/fraud-insights-malicious-prosecution-of-civil-claims

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has published its ruling in a case that saw former Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman struck off after he was found guilty of election fraud.

https://www.legalcheek.com/2018/01/scathing-judgment-that-saw-ex-tower-hamlets-mayor-struck-off-for-election-corruption-published/

A solicitor who took £1m from his client account to keep his firm afloat has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT).

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/solicitor-plundered-1m-clients-keep-firm-afloat-cost-borne-profession