Neil Rose

5 days ago | legalfutures.co.uk | Neil Rose

The UK legal sector is “a national asset and an engine of economic growth”, the government declared yesterday as it unveiled its 10-year Industrial Strategy. It also promised to deliver a “clearer and more proportionate” anti-money laundering regime. The strategy identified legal services as one of the “pioneering and world-leading frontier industries with the greatest growth potential” that it intended to prioritise.

6 days ago | legalfutures.co.uk | Neil Rose

Most women in law (88%) believe sex discrimination is still prevalent in the profession, with 63% saying they had personally experienced it in the last five years, new research has shown. The vast majority (84%) also said they knew of colleagues who had experienced discriminatory behaviour during that time, according to the Next 100 Years project.

6 days ago | legalfutures.co.uk | Neil Rose

A solicitor who diverted some of his client’s damages to a rehabilitation company connected to his wife – and created fake invoices that said it had treated the client – has been struck off. Fasar Mahmood also initially lied to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) about his connection with Core Rehab Ltd. Mr Mahmood admitted the allegations made against him, which included that he had acted dishonestly and with a lack of integrity.

1 week ago | legalfutures.co.uk | Neil Rose

Tech adoption by small law firms is being held back by cost, uncertainty – both in what they need and what can meet their needs – and a reluctance to invest in systems that quickly become outdated or non-compliant, according to research from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Possible solutions included guidance on choosing technology and networking opportunities to learn about new technologies, as well as access to third-party support and funding.

1 week ago | legalfutures.co.uk | Neil Rose

A male solicitor caught up in a ‘work hard, play hard’ culture at the London office of a US law firm has been suspended for a year for two instances of sexually touching female colleagues. At the same time, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) cleared Lewis Brady, 33, of seven other allegations of inappropriate touching. Mr Brady, who qualified in 2017, worked at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe.