“This Crooked System”
Summary I have no hope of getting justice in this crooked system. —Umar Daraz, Karachi, January 2016 How do you expect us to recover stolen items from hardened criminals? Do you think they will agree...
View ArticleL.A. Weekly’s New Owners Fired its Staff in Favor of Unpaid Contributors, So...
Things have been going pretty badly at L.A. Weekly ! In October, Voice Media Group sold the paper to a shadowy corporation known as the Semanal Media Group , whose ownership was kept secret. Then, the...
View ArticleA New Model for SEC Enforcement: Producing Bold and Unrelenting Results (SEC...
(Source: SEC - The United States Securities and Exchange Commission) Chair Mary Jo White New York University School of Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement New York University School of...
View ArticleCourt orders MIBI to pay outstanding Setanta insurance claims
The Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) must pay out on the 1,750 outstanding claims following the collapse of the Setanta Insurance Company last year, a High Court judge has ruled. Mr Justice...
View ArticleConstance Briscoe disbarred after being jailed for lying
High-profile barrister struck off after being imprisoned for telling lies to police during Chris Huhne speeding points scandal...
View ArticleSolicitor struck off for abusing immigration system
A Manchester solicitor has been struck off and ordered to pay £10,000 in legal...
View ArticleSydney solicitor forced to use clients' money to pay off extortion
The death threats and extortion against Sydney solicitor Joe Nasr started almost immediately after his drug dealing client was found guilty. "If you think you're going to get away with this you have...
View ArticleSydney solicitor struck off for 'gross overcharging'
A Sydney solicitor who "milked" clients for excessive fees and misappropriated trust funds has been struck off the roll of lawyers, in a damning end to his legal career....
View ArticleAccountant Tom Keane fails in bid to quash misconduct findings
An action by a former president of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants has been struck out by agreement at the High Court. The case by Tom Keane, North Strand Road, Dublin, aimed to quash...
View ArticleNumber of female solicitors in Scotland overtakes male for first time
Just over half of practising solicitors are women, but they are still under-represented in senior roles...
View ArticleBlack former Met officer wins right to sue for discrimination
Supreme court ruling hailed as gamechanger by Race4Justice, which says professionals in many fields will now get full protection of equality legislation...
View ArticleThe lawyer and the rule against advertising
A few years ago, I had the privilege of being a part of an international conference in Accra. At one of the group sessions, the issue of lawyer advertising came up. I argued forcefully against the...
View ArticleMichael Fallon accused of influencing prosecution of law firm
The defence secretary, Michael Fallon, may have pressurised an independent legal regulator to prosecute the law firm Leigh Day over its role in allegations – later abandoned – of torture and murder of...
View ArticleEx-solicitor jailed for stealing €275,000 from clients
A former solicitor has been jailed for two years for stealing over €275,000 from a number of his clients over a four year period to fund a number of pubs that he was operating at the time. Mark Cronin...
View ArticleThe lawyer and the rule against advertising by Robert Nii Arday Clegg
A few years ago, I had the privilege of being a part of an international conference in Accra. At one of the group sessions, the issue of lawyer advertising came up. I argued forcefully against the...
View ArticleJail term for man who posed as a solicitor to fleece clients of £18k
A university law graduate who fraudulently posed as a solicitor and then swindled £18,500 from five clients has been jailed for 16 months at the Crown Court in Londonderry. Kieran Healey (37) from...
View ArticleTánaiste welcomes Oireachtas approval of nominations for membership and Chair...
(Source: Department of Justice and Equality of Ireland) · Vital steps taken in bringing new Legal Services Regulatory Authority into operation. · 11 people approved this week for membership as required...
View ArticleSolicitor with ‘very bad record’ must work under supervision
A solicitor with a “very bad record” of professional misconduct has failed in his High Court bid to overturn a decision he can only practise under supervision of another solicitor. John Condon, a...
View ArticleProposed Handbook changes will have major implications for the solicitor...
(Source: The Law Society) The Solicitors Regulation Authority's (SRA) proposals for changes to their Handbook for solicitor and firm regulation, if accepted, will leave clients with less protection and...
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