Solicitors in trouble for allowing non-lawyers to have inappropriate control over firms (LF)
Solicitors who ceded control of their firms to non-lawyers – in one instance they claimed their practice had been taken over by a criminal gang – have been sanctioned by […]
Jail again for fraudulent ex-solicitor who hijacked law firm’s identity (LF)
An ex-solicitor has been found guilty and jailed for five years for five counts of fraud by false representation – his second spell in jail for fraud after he previously […]
Solicitors’ mistakes costing indemnity insurers £200m a year (LF)
Solicitors’ professional indemnity insurers paid out around £2bn due to negligence claims in the 10 years to 2014, startling new figures released yesterday by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) revealed.
Solicitor fined over £2m SDLT avoidance scheme (LSG)
A solicitor has been fined for her role in a scheme that saw her former firm help clients avoid £2m worth of stamp duty land tax payments.