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Immigration solicitor who left “trail of destruction” sentenced
Wednesday, 6 May 2015A district judge has described how an immigration solicitor who continued to practice despite being suspended left behind her a “trail of destruction”.
Tags: immigration, Office for the Immigration Services Commissioner, OISC, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
SRA and BSB told to improve regulation of immigration lawyers or risk losing their powers
Wednesday, 1 August 2012The Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board have been warned to improve the way they regulate immigration practitioners or risk enforcement action by the Legal Services Board – including the ultimate sanction of losing their ability to regulate the area at all.
Tags: bar standards board, ILEX Professional Standards, immigration, Legal Services Board, Office for the Immigration Services Commissioner, OISC, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Legal Executives, Legal Services Board, Solicitors
SRA and OISC make competing land-grabs for immigration work
Friday, 1 June 2012The Solicitors Regulation Authority has launched a bid to regulate non-lawyer immigration advisers. However, at the same time the body that oversees them – the Office for the Immigration Services Commissioner – is seeking to take over the regulation of specialist lawyers.
Tags: bar standards board, immigration, Law Society, Legal Services Board, Office for the Immigration Services Commissioner, OISC, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Legal Executives, Legal Services Board, Other lawyers, Solicitors, Uncategorized
Bar Standards Board hits back at “premature” LSB demands to single out immigration specialists
Monday, 21 May 2012The Bar Standards Board is to push back against a Legal Services Board demand that it implement a regulatory regime for immigration specialist barristers by the end of 2012, saying the LSB has failed to produce evidence it is necessary.
Tags: bar standards board, Barristers, immigration, Legal Services Board, Office for the Immigration Services Commissioner
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Legal Services Board
LSB eyes making immigration work a reserved legal activity
Monday, 5 March 2012Providing immigration advice and services may need to become a reserved legal activity, the Legal Services Board has suggested. It found that there is likely to be “significant consumer detriment” in the way this work is being regulated at the moment.
Tags: immigration, Legal Services Board, Office for the Immigration Services Commissioner, OISC, reserved legal activities
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Legal Executives, Legal Services Board, Solicitors
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Keeping the conversation going beyond Pride Month
As I reflect on all the celebrations of Pride Month 2024, I ask myself why there remains hesitancy amongst LGBTQ+ staff members about when it comes to being open about their identity in the workplace.
Third-party managed accounts: Your key questions answered
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has given strong indications that it is headed towards greater restrictions on law firms when it comes to handling client money.
Understanding vicarious trauma in the legal workplace
Vicarious trauma can happen to anyone who works with clients who have experienced trauma such as domestic or other violence, child abuse, sexual assault, torture or being a refugee.
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