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Former solicitor Phil Shiner, previously principal of Public Interest Lawyers (PIL), has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment suspended for two years, by Judge Christopher Hehir at Southwark Crown Court.

The Legal Services Board (LSB) is consulting on draft guidance for regulators on their duty to ‘promote the prevention and detection of economic crime’.

The terrifying world of deepfakes, ‘cheapfakes’, dating scams, phishing and other artificial intelligence (AI) connivance is the subject of a fascinating article by Dan Wyatt, partner, Chris Whitehouse, senior associate, and Olivia Dhein, knowledge lawyer, RPC (Reynolds Porter Chamberlain), in this week’s NLJ.

Dan Wyatt, Chris Whitehouse and Olivia Dhein investigate the rise of deepfakes and other AI-augmented scams

Cooke Young & Keidan team up with lawyers from Aikyam Law Offices in India to compare approaches to company wrongdoing

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has initiated enforcement action against the solicitors’ regulator over its handling of Axiom Ince Limited

In his debut column for NLJ this week, crime silk Jonathan Fisher KC, of Red Lion Chambers, looks at the vexed problem of fraud, now accounting for 40% of all crimes committed in England & Wales

With fraud accounting for 40% of all crime in England & Wales, Jonathan Fisher KC sets out how the new government might tackle it

Leading financial crime barrister Jonathan Fisher KC has joined NLJ’s prestigious band of columnists

Legal regulators are failing to provide ‘fully effective’ supervision on anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) watchdog has warned

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Weightmans—Jason Slatcher

Weightmans appoint new Chief Technology Officer

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Mishcon de Reya announces trainee retention rate of 86%

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Sackers welcomes two new Graduate Solicitor Apprentices

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Entries open for the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2027

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SRA to face increased enforcement

The Legal Services Board (LSB) is to take further enforcement action against the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), setting additional performance targets and ‘intensifying’ its oversight, it has said

PM Law failures exposed in detail

Regulators missed several opportunities to intervene in PM Law Group before it collapsed, an independent review by City firm Jenner & Block has found

Employees transfer but liability remains

An employer’s vicarious liability for the alleged torts of an employee cannot be transferred by TUPE, the Court of Appeal has confirmed

Tiered fees for complaints could be costly

Tiered fees of up to £1,500 for Legal Ombudsman (LeO) cases could leave firms with little option but to pay out, lawyers have warned

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Fraud

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Weightmans—Jason Slatcher

Mishcon de Reya—trainees

Sackers—Charlotte Adams & Fraser Sutton