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Suspension of the UK’s Refugee Family Reunion scheme: an afront to the principle of family unity
Oliver Oldman
23 October 2013
Case Update: R (on the application of Leathley and others) v Visitors to the Inns of Court [2013] EWHC 3097 (Admin)
High Court gives guidance on the correct construction of the legislative regime surrounding the appointment of panel members in disciplinary proceedings in respect of members of the Bar.
3 September 2013
Legal Services Consumer Panel call for a single legal regulator – a small step towards massive change
On 5 June 2013, in a written ministerial statement, justice minister Helen Grant said concerns over the complexity of the current regulatory landscape had prompted the government to undertake a full-scale review of the regulation of legal services. It was said that “[t]he purpose of this review is to consider what could be done to simplify the regulatory framework and reduce unnecessary burdens on the legal sector whilst retaining appropriate regulatory oversight". She called for evidence from stakeholders and invited views about and ideas for reducing regulatory burdens and simplifying the legal services regulatory framework
28 August 2013
Case Update: Ebhogiaye v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2013] EWHC 2445 (Admin)
High Court confirms that Panels are not obliged to put Counsel on notice that they are contemplating a particular sanction, and gives useful guidance on Camacho conditions.
5 August 2013
Case update: David Alan Webb and Solicitors Regulation Authority [2013] EWHC 2078 (Admin)
The High Court declined to quash the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal's Regulation decision that a solicitor had been dishonest in circumstances where no motive and or the certainty of discovery was apparent.