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Solicitors Regulation Authority repeats ‘too good to be true’ investments warning with £50m of recent public losses

We have again warned the public to be wary of the increasing problem of questionable investment schemes that use the involvement of solicitors or to encourage them to pay over money.

The vast majority of solicitors would never engage with …

Cambridge graduates appointed to the Court of Appeal

The Faculty welcomes with great pleasure the appointment of four Cambridge graduates to the Court of Appeal.

The Queen has approved the appointment to the Court of Sir Rabinder Singh, Dame Sarah Asplin, Sir Guy Newey, and Sir George Leggatt.

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The first steps towards a Multilateral Investment Court

Professor Nikos Lavranos, Secretary General of EFILA, attended the 50th session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) as part of the CIArb delegation.  This is his report.

On the instigation of the EU, the UNCITRAL Commission …

Unregistered barrister disbarred for dishonest conduct when practising as a solicitor and for failing to declare this when being called to the Bar

Unregistered barrister Mr C. Emele was ordered to be disbarred from the Bar of England and Wales at an independent disciplinary tribunal hearing held on Friday 14 July, following charges brought by the Bar Standards Board.

The decision follows false …

The Work of the British Law Commissions: Law Reform… Now?

Hart Publishing has published The Work of the British Law Commissions: Law Reform… Now? by Dr Shona Wilson Stark.

The Law Commission (of England and Wales) and the Scottish Law Commission were both established in 1965 to promote the

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