Lawyer who slept with client suspended
A lawyer who had an intimate relationship with a client has been suspended for the maximum period the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal can impose. The tribunal suspended Craig Ronald...
View ArticleGerald Kean professional misconduct appeal dismissed
The High Court has dismissed solicitor Gerald Kean's appeal against a finding of professional misconduct arising out of his handling of a former client's case. High Court President Justice Nicholas...
View ArticleLegal reform: Professions to retain key powers in plan
The representative bodies for barristers and solicitors will retain many of their major powers as the Government makes a late push to proceed with a long-delayed overhaul of the legal professions by...
View ArticleIssues raised by barristers’ report will feed into disciplinary regime
Barristers don’t handle client money and they have less direct interaction with the public than solicitors. They are also fewer in number than the other arm of the profession, so it’s no surprise that...
View ArticleAuckland lawyer Minkai Huang struck off
An Auckland lawyer convicted of stealing from a client has been struck off. Minkai Huang was sentenced to community work for taking $9500 worth of fees from a client. The New...
View ArticleConvicted judge faces being struck off solicitors roll for second time
A disgraced former district court judge is facing being struck off for a second time following a Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal on yesterday. In 2012, Heather Perrin was sentenced to two-and-a-half...
View ArticleNew legal Bill will bring much needed change at King’s Inns
The Honorable Society of King’s Inns was established in 1541, the same year in which the lordship of Ireland became a realm of King Henry VIII. From its outset, the King’s Inns had a gatekeeping,...
View ArticleCourt told of ‘desperate efforts’ by Kean to cover up alleged failures
Solicitor Gerald Kean made “elaborate and increasingly desperate” efforts over months to cover up his alleged failures in dealing with a client’s case, the Law Society has told the High Court. The...
View ArticleGerald Kean denials ‘made very, very little sense’, court told
Solicitor Gerald Kean’s denial of complaints made against him by a former client was “incoherent, confused and made very, very little sense”, the Law Society has told the High Court. This matter was...
View ArticleSolicitor Gerald Kean’s appeal on misconduct finding adjourned
An appeal by solicitor Gerald Kean arising from a finding of professional misconduct against him has been adjourned to September. A Law Society Solicitors’...
View ArticleUBS rogue trader struggles to adjust to life after jail
On an unseasonably sunny autumn day in the City of London, a group of about a dozen traders at a commodities brokerage firm were perched around a conference room table, the light sifting in as they...
View ArticleNew Year's honours 2016: the full list
The new knights, dames, MBEs and OBEs in the UK and overseas...
View ArticleThe Regulation of Law Firm Marketing: A law firm’s right to market, or the...
(Source: IBA - International Bar Association) Dmitry Magonya Managing Partner ART DE LEX Law Firm Moscow, Russia s access to information about the availability and character of legal services a basic...
View ArticleUlster University graduations: Full results and pictures December 15 2014
FACULTY OF LIFE AND HEALTH SCIENCES Doctor of Philosophy in Published Work Pass Patricia Margaret McIlwaine Doctor of Philosophy Pass Shaun Gordon Cardiff Conor James Cunningham Sinead Anne Currie...
View ArticleFinal Results - Replacement [FR] (The Local Shopping REIT plc)
(Source: The Local Shopping REIT plc) The following amendment(s) has (have) been made to the '(Headline)' announcement released on 17 December 2015 at 07:00 under RNS No 3420J. The LTV (corporate...
View ArticleDonald Trump's early lesson from legendary New York lawyer Roy Cohn: 'Tell...
Donald Trump was a brash scion of a real estate empire, a young developer anxious to leave his mark on New York. Roy Cohn was a legendary New York fixer, a ruthless lawyer in the hunt for new clients....
View ArticlePress Release re TAT Technologies Files Annual Report on Form 20-F (TAT...
(Source: TAT Technologies Ltd) TAT TECHNOLOGIES LTD. P.O. Box 80, Gedera 70750, Israel Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None Securities for which there is...
View ArticleStephen Blake explains the benefit of specialist cartel enforcement...
(Source: CMA - Competition and Markets Authority) The case for specialist enforcement authorities from the perspective of the UK Competition and Markets Authority Introduction Good afternoon, ladies...
View ArticleEducation Instep Magazine Winter 2014 - higher education legal issues...
(Source: Eversheds LLP) Eduncation law msagazinetep Winter 2014 Higher education legal issues Strength in diversity of provision 2 Instep • Introduction by Diane Gilhooley Introduction by Diane...
View ArticleExceptional lawyers recognized with Queen’s counsel designation (Government...
(Source: Government of British Columbia) Honourable Lance Sidney George Finch served as Chief Justice for the Court of Appeal of B. C. for 20 years and as a trial judge of the Supreme Court of B.C. for...
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