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Market intelligence for law firms of the future. Daily news stories, blogs, conferences and specialist CPD training for practitioners. Posts by Editor Neil Rose https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/
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BSB goes ahead with new complaints rules for barristers zurl.co/ulg2Y
BSB goes ahead with new complaints rules for barristers
The Bar Standards Board has decided to go ahead with rule changes requiring barristers to tell it every year, via their chambers, about any complaints they receive.
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 1d
Strike-off for solicitor who misled client, court and law firm zurl.co/n0aU5
Strike-off for solicitor who misled client, court and law firm
A solicitor who misled her divorce client, the Family Court and the owner of her law firm - leading to the client being issued with a penal notice - has been struck off.
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 1d
Allegation over solicitor’s role in will “should never have been made” zurl.co/qn6Nv
Allegation over solicitor's role in will “should never have been made”
An allegation that an old woman who owned a farm in Devon signed codicils under the undue influence of a solicitor “should never have been made”, a High Court judge has said.
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 1d
PE-backed deal and reverse takeover lead latest M&A rush zurl.co/rap39
PE-backed deal and reverse takeover lead latest M&A rush
The annual rush of M&A activity around the October insurance renewal season has included a private equity-backed deal and a firm buying another more than twice its size.
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 1d
Consumer claims work can be lucrative but the collapse of several firms in recent years shows it comes with dangers too. The administrator of Pure Legal will tell the Claims Futures conference on 22 October in Manchester how to avoid the pitfalls zurl.co/j9j1e
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BSB goes ahead with new complaints rules for barristers zurl.co/xsolN
BSB goes ahead with new complaints rules for barristers
The Bar Standards Board has decided to go ahead with rule changes requiring barristers to tell it every year, via their chambers, about any complaints they receive.
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 1d
Strike-off for solicitor who misled client, court and law firm zurl.co/iRjPx
Strike-off for solicitor who misled client, court and law firm
A solicitor who misled her divorce client, the Family Court and the owner of her law firm - leading to the client being issued with a penal notice - has been struck off.
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 1d
Allegation over solicitor’s role in will “should never have been made” zurl.co/msQHs
Allegation over solicitor's role in will “should never have been made”
An allegation that an old woman who owned a farm in Devon signed codicils under the undue influence of a solicitor “should never have been made”, a High Court judge has said.
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 1d
PE-backed deal and reverse takeover lead latest M&A rush zurl.co/3j8yi
PE-backed deal and reverse takeover lead latest M&A rush
The annual rush of M&A activity around the October insurance renewal season has included a private equity-backed deal and a firm buying another more than twice its size.
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 1d
Do you make personal injury or financial mis-selling claims? Don’t miss this year’s Claims Futures conference, 22 October in Manchester – it’s THE industry event for claimant and defendant lawyers. Book your ticket now:zurl.co/HqYIr
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 2d
Mazur: Non-authorised person “should not be client’s main contact” zurl.co/OWnCF
Mazur: Non-authorised person "should not be client's main contact"
Our round-up of developments on the Mazur ruling includes a warning that law firms should consider prohibiting non-authorised staff from being clients’ main point of contact.
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 2d
Court of Appeal crushes challenge to advocates’ immunity zurl.co/78iTs
Court of Appeal crushes challenge to advocates’ immunity
A high-powered Court of Appeal has overturned and completely rejected a High Court ruling that had opened a crack in advocates’ immunity.
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 2d
Solicitors vote down Law Society bid to raise SGM threshold zurl.co/zuLp6
Solicitors vote down Law Society bid to raise SGM threshold
The Law Society leadership yesterday lost the vote on its bid to increase the threshold for calling an SGM – and then immediately triggered a ballot of all members.
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 2d
Law firm targets London growth after taking private equity zurl.co/6hdG2
Law firm targets London growth after taking private equity
A 25-partner law firm has become the first mid-market practice in London to take private equity investment, with plans to grow both organically and through acquisition.
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 2d
The Civil Justice Council has called for an urgent investigation into the type of funding used by collapsed law firms like SSB Law and Pure Legal. At the Claims Futures conference on 22 October in Manchester, we will review the litigation funding landscape zurl.co/Mai5H
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 2d
Blog by @National Claims : The rise of medical negligence claims: legal and systemic implications zurl.co/awtbW
The rise of medical negligence claims: legal and systemic implications
Medical negligence claims have become one of the most pressing challenges facing the healthcare and legal landscape, reshaping the way cases are funded, managed and resolved.
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 2d
Mazur: Non-authorised person “should not be client’s main contact” zurl.co/IG7ma
Mazur: Non-authorised person "should not be client's main contact"
Our round-up of developments on the Mazur ruling includes a warning that law firms should consider prohibiting non-authorised staff from being clients’ main point of contact.
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 2d
Court of Appeal crushes challenge to advocates’ immunity zurl.co/ioc1l
Court of Appeal crushes challenge to advocates’ immunity
A high-powered Court of Appeal has overturned and completely rejected a High Court ruling that had opened a crack in advocates’ immunity.
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 2d
Solicitors vote down Law Society bid to raise SGM threshold zurl.co/GBbeG
Solicitors vote down Law Society bid to raise SGM threshold
The Law Society leadership yesterday lost the vote on its bid to increase the threshold for calling an SGM – and then immediately triggered a ballot of all members.
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 2d
Law firm targets London growth after taking private equity zurl.co/EW7fb
Law firm targets London growth after taking private equity
A 25-partner law firm has become the first mid-market practice in London to take private equity investment, with plans to grow both organically and through acquisition.
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 3d
With 60 law firms being investigated about their conduct of volume consumer claims, we will hear from both the SRA and FCA about the regulation of claims activity at this year’s Claims Futures conference, 22 October in Manchester zurl.co/qcbIo #ClaimsFutures
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 3d
UK law firms increase responsible business scores as US plunges zurl.co/1MWv1
UK law firms increase responsible business scores as US plunges
The top 100 UK law firms have increased their responsible business scores, while the average results for US counterparts have crashed “in the face of political headwinds”.
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 3d
Court terminates solicitor’s appointment to cross-examine party zurl.co/3gzd4
Court terminates solicitor's appointment to cross-examine party
The Family Court has terminated the appointment of a solicitor to cross-examine a mother on behalf of the father because he is also instructed to act for the father in criminal proceedings.
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 3d
FCA to steer motor finance consumers away from legal action zurl.co/tLNU2
FCA to steer motor finance consumers away from legal action
The Financial Conduct Authority is to discourage consumers from pursuing motor finance claims in court, even if they might recover more damages.
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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 3d
Litigation partner’s errors “did not amount to misconduct” zurl.co/Ab9sU
Litigation partner's errors "did not amount to misconduct"
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has dismissed all allegations against a commercial litigation partner whose “shortcomings did not amount to misconduct”.
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