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Former solicitor and fraudster faces another five years in jail (TC)

Having been found guilty of numerous fraud offences, former solicitor Ian Macfarlane has been ordered to pay £18,000 of court fees and has been jailed for a second time.

Rob Hailstone October 25, 2016

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

Rob Hailstone October 22, 2016

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

Rob Hailstone October 22, 2016

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.

Rob Hailstone October 22, 2016

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.

Rob Hailstone October 22, 2016

Ditch the suits and relate to younger people, ex-agent tells industry (PIE)

A former estate agent who still keenly follows the industry says young people view agents as dinosaurs.