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Barrister Fined Over Rude Client Complaint Emails
Check out the primary source! https://www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/disciplinary_finding/183734.html The Bar has issued another small but useful reminder: rudeness is not an advocacy style when the audience is…
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Gross Negligence Finding Still Follows Solicitor after $2.2m Client Loss
Check out the primary source! https://solicitorstribunal.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/12914.2026.Appahoh.pdf Professional restrictions have a long memory, especially when client money has gone wandering. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has refused…
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Credit hire ADR scheme targets county court claims
Background: The General Terms of Agreement (GTA) is the long-running voluntary framework that governs much of the relationship between insurers and credit hire organisations…
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Knife surrender drive removes 15,000 weapons
The law is often most visible after a serious crime has been committed. Prevention, by contrast, tends to attract less attention, even though it…
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Solicitor sentenced over fake police Nandos CCTV request
A Cheshire solicitor has avoided immediate custody after impersonating a police officer to obtain CCTV footage from Nando’s. Conor Johnstone, a director at MAJ…
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Solicitor struck off over alarming Email and Stalking
Check out the primary source: https://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/solicitor-check/160042/ The solicitor’s roll is not a cloakroom where reputation can be left while conduct gets into trouble outside.…
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Southern Water Prosecution Clears Court Hurdle
Check out the primary source! https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ea-commences-criminal-proceedings-against-southern-water Southern Water’s pollution story has moved from dirty water to criminal process, which is where corporate memory starts…
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Court of Protection Liberty Cases
Check out the primary source! https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-of-protection-daily-hearing-list The Court of Protection works like a hospital corridor at night: fluorescent, necessary and full of decisions nobody…
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Dieselgate ruling favours car makers
The High Court’s dieselgate ruling has largely gone the car makers’ way, which is bad news for claimant lawyers and good news for anyone…
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CPS AI hallucination apology
The Crown Prosecution Service has apologised after hallucinated AI cases reached the High Court, which is the legal equivalent of serving soup with a…