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Struck-off solicitor jailed for 12 years (LSG)

A former solicitor has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his part in a mortgage fraud which netted some £30m over four years.

Rob Hailstone October 14, 2014

Firms face new hurdle for credit work (LSG)

Firms carrying out debt recovery work or advising family clients on divorce settlements may have to be authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under new proposals.

Rob Hailstone October 13, 2014

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door” – Part One (EAT)

Lots of opportunities come knocking if we are receptive (i.e. we have built a door).

Rob Hailstone October 13, 2014

£15,000.00 in cash, in my briefcase! (EAT)

As Max Bygraves used to say, “I wanna tell you a story.”

Rob Hailstone October 13, 2014

Regulators will work together on alternatives to client accounts (LF)

Frontline regulators are to collaborate on identifying business models that will avoid lawyers holding client money.

Rob Hailstone October 13, 2014

Be ready for money laundering investigation, firms warned (LSG)

Firms need to have anti-money laundering measures in place before international enforcers take a fresh look at the UK legal profession.

Rob Hailstone October 12, 2014

Conveyancing to go online under veyo name (LSG)

Residential conveyancing in England and Wales will go online next spring via a Law Society-backed website called Veyo, the company behind the venture reveals.

Rob Hailstone October 12, 2014

SRA invites compliance officers to share its thinking (SRA)

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is inviting compliance officers to register for its free annual conference, designed to support delegates in their roles by providing an update on changes to

Rob Hailstone October 12, 2014

Keynote address reinforces SRA’s commitment to reform

Jane Furniss, Board member and Chair of the SRA’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, was the keynote speaker at a LexisNexis and Black Solicitors Network (BSN) event in London last

Rob Hailstone October 12, 2014

Law firms “increasingly worried” by threat of ABSs and non-solicitor competitors (LF)

Competition from alternative business structures (ABSs) and non-solicitor organisations is of increasing concern to law firms, Law Society research has revealed.

Rob Hailstone October 9, 2014

Survey to test legal regulation costs ‘hypothesis’ (LSG)

The oversight regulator of legal services is to survey the profession to test what it calls the ‘hypothesis’ that regulation is too costly.

Rob Hailstone October 9, 2014

Solicitors Journal Property Focus 2014

A round-up of the latest in property law news and practice.

Rob Hailstone October 8, 2014