Nicola Laver

EditorSolicitors Journal

ASHFORDS FINED

Fri Jan 01 2021News

National firm Ashfords agreed to a fine of £16,200 under a regulatory settlement agreement after admitting improperly using client account as a banking facility. This related to an arrangement which permitted third parties to pay money into client account in connection with seven separate building projects before being paid out, even though no significant element of legal services was carried out. More than £1m was involved. The breach was revealed during an internal training session. The firm also paid £1,350 in costs. 23 December 2020

Browne Jacobson collaborates with LGiU on report highlighting “critical” role of local government to hit net zero

Fri Sep 22 2023

BSB publishes new guidance on barristers’ conduct in non-professional life and on social media

Fri Sep 22 2023

The Chancery Lane Project expands to the USA

Thu Sep 21 2023

Delay in Final Report of the Infected Blood Inquiry

Thu Sep 21 2023

Attorney General presents UK intervention in Ukraine case against Russia at International Court of Justice

Thu Sep 21 2023

Firms losing potential clients by failing to return their calls, research shows

Thu Sep 21 2023

Powers of attorney modernised as legislation allows CILEX Lawyers to certify LPA copies for the first time

Thu Sep 21 2023

Stark contrast between Government response to Post Office Horizon victims and Infected Blood

Wed Sep 20 2023

ACSO comments on the Justice select Committee report:

Wed Sep 20 2023

FeaturedThe dangers of funding assumptions

Practice NotesMon Sep 25 2023

The dangers of funding assumptions

The Supreme Court highlights the risks that come with creative funding

Ethics Institute launches taskforce to examine legal services to oligarchs and kleptocrats

NewsMon Sep 25 2023

Ethics Institute launches taskforce to examine legal services to oligarchs and kleptocrats

The 12-strong Taskforce on Business Ethics and the Legal Profession, chaired by Guy Beringer KC (Hon) (former Senior Partner of Allen & Overy)

Legal Departments See Higher Matter Volumes but Flat or Declining Budgets: Thomson Reuters 2023 Legal Department Operations Index

NewsMon Sep 25 2023

Legal Departments See Higher Matter Volumes but Flat or Declining Budgets: Thomson Reuters 2023 Legal Department Operations Index

Top priorities are workflow efficiency, cost controls, and technology use

More Than 200 Employers Named And Shamed For Failing To Pay National Minimum Wage

NewsMon Sep 25 2023

More Than 200 Employers Named And Shamed For Failing To Pay National Minimum Wage

Following investigations by HMRC which concluded between 2017 and 2019, 202 employers have been named and shamed by the government for failing to pay their staff the legal minimum wage.

SJ Interview: Hannah Ambrose

SJ InterviewMon Sep 25 2023

SJ Interview: Hannah Ambrose

Hannah Ambrose is an international arbitration partner at Herbert Smith Freehills. She talks to Solicitors Journal about her practice and the Law Commission's recent proposals to update the Arbitration Act 1996.

Whose human rights are more important, yours or mine?

ForewordFri Sep 08 2023

Whose human rights are more important, yours or mine?

Under the law, should your right to express your opinion – be it on politics, the environment, abortion, or anything else – trump my right to go about my business unhindered, whether or not I happen to agree with your opinion?