“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 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 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 ArticlePromote solicitors to senior counsel, but keep Bar vibrant
The call for senior Hong Kong solicitors to be recognised as senior counsel will resonate with some who have paid the cost of representation by both a solicitor and a barrister. Writing in the monthly...
View ArticleHong Kong's top judge 'keen to raise status of solicitors'
Seasoned solicitors may be a step closer to being honoured as "senior counsel", the status now reserved for barristers that the top judge is said to be favourably disposed to extending to qualified...
View ArticleGerald Kean loses appeal against professional misconduct finding
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. In a judgement today High Court President...
View ArticleJudgments: key cases in brief
Solicitor guilty of misconduct in attempting to cover up earlier mistake Kean v. Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal [2014]IEHC 432 (High Court, Kearns P, 23 September 2014) High Court dismisses appeal...
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...
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 ArticleSolicitors' practising certificate fee 9 per cent cut proposed this year -...
(Source: The Law Society) Solicitors could pay £30 less for their practising certificate (PC) fee this year. The Law Society of England and Wales and the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) today...
View ArticleLawyer who did 'everything' to avoid giving client money guilty of misconduct
A lawyer who did "everything in his power" to avoid paying $10,000 back to a client he negligently represented has been found guilty of professional misconduct. The client had taken the unnamed lawyer...
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 ArticleCourt judgments - the week’s key legal cases in brief
Solicitor guilty of misconduct in attempting to cover up earlier mistake Kean v. Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal [2014]IEHC 432 (High Court, Kearns P, 23 September 2014) High Court dismisses appeal...
View ArticleHong Kong Law Society president seeks senior counsel status for solicitors
The professional body for solicitors has made a fresh call for its senior members to be given proper recognition by according them the status of senior counsel - a title which is currently only given...
View ArticleLawyers’ fees must reflect economy, says president of High Court
Lawyers cannot make “comfortable assumptions” about legal fees remaining at the levels payable before the recession, the president of the High Court has warned. Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns said fees...
View ArticleTánaiste Welcomes the First Meeting of the New Legal Services Regulatory...
(Source: Department of Justice and Equality of Ireland) · New Regulatory Authority held its first meeting on today · Tánaiste met and congratulated Dr. Don Thornhill, Chairperson, and the other members...
View ArticleBarristers dismiss ‘rather silly’ solicitors’ claims on law and life
The representative body for barristers has described as “unfortunate and rather silly” a claim by the Law Society that solicitors have wider experience of “law and life” than barristers. The exchange...
View ArticleBarrister seeks to stop sanctions over breach of code of conduct
A barrister has launched a High Court action aimed at preventing an internal disciplinary tribunal from imposing sanctions on him. The action has been brought by Alan Toal BL, who claimed in court...
View ArticleCase of former solicitor who stole from clients to be re-heard
The case of a former solicitor who stole €260,000 from her clients is to be re-heard after the sentencing judge realised that a member of her wider family knows a relative of the accused. Jacqueline...
View ArticleMinister Fitzgerald welcomes the completion of passage of the Legal Services...
(Source: Department of Justice and Equality of Ireland) 15 December 2015 The Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald TD has welcomed the completion of all stages the Legal Services...
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