CLC Seeks Responses To Their Consultation On Licence and Practice Fee Arrangements
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has published a consultation on their annual review of Licence and Practice Fee Arrangements. The consultation paper notes the reduction in Practice Fee three times since 2016 that has resulted in a cumulative decrease of 42%. This has been achieved by reducing the regulatory burden despite a significant proportion […]
£10,000 Fine Plus Costs For Veteran Solicitor
David Hayhurst, a senior partner of closed Merseyside firm 174 Solicitors Ltd, has ruined his 40-year unblemished record after being fined £10,000 and having to pay £15,000 costs by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) after admitting he failed to advise his clients adequately about investing in four high-risk schemes. An investigation conducted by the Solicitors […]
Return, Restart and Recovery From Covid-19
The Law Society of England and Wales has launched it’s three ‘Rs’ – Return, Restart and Recovery – campaign which it hopes will promote the role of those in the legal profession in the national move to get the UK moving again following the coronavirus pandemic. The campaign will be in three stages: Helping solicitors […]