Legal Services

Anthony Collins Solicitors was a double winner at this year's Birmingham Law Society Legal Awards.

The Birmingham-based practice won both the paralegal and trainee categories while Trowers & Hamlins took home a new award celebrating diversity and inclusion.

https://www.business-live.co.uk/professional-services/anthony-collins-double-winner-birmingham-23573827?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

An in-house solicitor at Corby Borough Council who lied about giving work to her husband’s company in a bid to have two invoices paid has been struck off.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/council-lawyer-lied-about-husbands-company-to-get-invoices-paid

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is to conduct spot checks on law firms to ensure they are complying with the sanctions imposed on Russian individuals, companies and ships.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/sra-to-start-spot-checks-on-firms-russia-sanctions-compliance

Two Newcastle fraudsters who stole thousands of pounds in their role as solicitors have been ordered to pay back more than £200,000.

https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2022-02-21/newcastle-solicitors-who-stole-thousands-of-pounds-ordered-to-pay-back-200000

A CO Down solicitor appeared in court accused of abusing his position to commit fraud.

https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2022/02/01/news/solicitor-in-court-accused-of-abusing-his-position-to-commit-fraud-2575264/?param=ds441rif44T

Sir David Green's new role follows three-year stint as a consultant at Slaughter and May

https://www.globallegalpost.com/news/former-uk-fraud-prosecution-head-joins-new-york-boutiques-london-office-1929996018#.YfpLDAqh8cs.twitter

The author of the criminal legal aid review said yesterday that solicitors’ firms are in a “more parlous” state than the Bar, where the picture was “mixed”.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/criminal-law-solicitors-suffering-more-than-barristers-says-bellamy

A lawyer has been jailed for 13 months after showing a “brazen disregard” for his regulator by failing to hand over his firm’s files to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/lawyer-jailed-after-defying-order-to-hand-over-firms-files-to-sra

A high-profile solicitor has been jailed for contempt of court after defying two court orders to hand over her practice’s files to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/solicitor-jailed-for-contempt-after-defying-sra-court-orders

A solicitor who had a “misplaced belief” in the honesty and integrity of another solicitor jailed for fraud has been fined £30,000 over multiple rule breaches that resulted.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/eminently-reckless-solicitor-had-misplaced-belief-in-lawyer-fraudster