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Suspension of the UK’s Refugee Family Reunion scheme: an afront to the principle of family unity
Oliver Oldman
15 February 2017
Solicitors acting as McKenzie Friends and unbundling legal services – a cautionary tale
On 9th February the Divisional Court handed down judgment in Ballard v SRA [2017] EWHC 164 (Admin) on an appeal from a decision of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. The appeal represent one of the so far few cases that deals with those solicitors providing unbundled legal services or acting as McKenzie friends.
14 February 2017
Let's fast-track solicitor discipline
The current long-winded system of disciplining solicitors is inefficient and costly and must not be allowed to survive much longer.
1 February 2017
ICAEW Disciplinary Committee highlights the seriousness of dishonesty allegations
Two recent decisions of the ICAEW Disciplinary Committee highlight the seriousness of allegations involving dishonesty and, in particular, financial impropriety.
19 January 2017
Brexit and Law Firms
This week the Law Society published its paper on the impact of Brexit on the legal services market entitled: “Brexit and the Law”
12 December 2016
Case Summary: Appeal allowed against sanction – court states that a committee should take into account the time spent by a registrant suspended under an interim suspension order
Nicolinka Gancheva Kamberova -V- The Nursing And Midwifery Council [2016] EWCA Crim 2955