SME and high street lawyers alliance turns its attentions to client account proposals
Over 150 signatories have lent their support to calls for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to review its thinking on plans to remit a proportion of the interest earned on lawyers’ client accounts in England and Wales to the government to invest in wider access to justice, including legal aid. Fresh from their campaign to […]
Mothers win landmark Court of Appeal fight over child maintenance against former Premier League footballer
Two mothers won a landmark Court of Appeal judgment against former Premier League footballer Wes Morgan over child maintenance arrears. In the recent judgment of Antoniou and another -v- Morgan, two mothers, who each have a child with Morgan, are appealing for unpaid maintenance arrears of around £137,000 each from the former Leicester City […]
Sole practitioner struck off after practising without insurance and misleading SRA
The sole practitioner of a law firm has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) and ordered to pay costs of over £45,000 after he was found to have acted “dishonestly”. Andrew Lee, the sole director, manager and compliance officer of London-based firm Prometheus Law Ltd, continued to act for clients despite his […]