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Solicitor fined £15000 after missing fraud signs in £464000 loan scheme
SDT finds solicitor missed multiple warning signs in two high-value loan frauds
£200 million funding surge fuels Courmacs explosive growth in UK claims market
Courmacs Legal builds massive funding reserves to accelerate its fast-growing claims operation
Post Office escapes £1 million fine after leaking details of 502 scandal victims
ICO rules leak of 502 victims’ details serious but below threshold for a £1million-plus fine
Lammy deploys high-level panel to protect UK’s £42.6 billion legal powerhouse
Lammy convenes new panel to secure English law’s global dominance and protect a £42.6bn sector
UK’s property law now includes cryptocurrencies and NFTs as legal property
New bill grants legal property rights to digital assets like cryptocurrencies and NFTs.
SRA offers sympathetic response to self-reports on pre-Mazur breaches
SRA announces approach to Mazur ruling breaches, offering leniency for self-reports but warning non-compliers.
MoJ considers referral fee ban to tackle housing disrepair exploitation
MoJ seeks evidence on how to curb exploitation in housing disrepair claims with potential reforms
Law Society to explore feasibility of independent defence union for solicitors
The Law Society considers the idea of an independent defence union after concerns over SDT costs and reputational risks
Wright Hassall’s struggles, failed mergers, departing partners, and insolvency
Despite engaging 28 parties, Wright Hassall’s merger talks failed, leading to insolvency and a sale to HCR law
SRA rebukes solicitor over duplicated witness statements in asylum cases
Masood Ahmad, a solicitor at Mass Law, was rebuked by the SRA over duplicated statements and a missed deadline