2019 has seen the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) taking an increasingly assertive approach towards the regulation of solicitors and the protection of consumers of legal services. A New Enforcement Strategy On 7 February 2019, the SRA announced a new Enforcement Strategy to ‘focus on serious issues’ and confirmed that action will be taken against solicitors […]
One of the factors that any private prosecutor should consider is the whereabouts of any prospective defendant. What happens if a defendant is not in England and Wales when a private prosecutor applies for a summons? What can a private prosecutor do to ensure the attendance at trial of a defendant who refuses to return […]
Introduction On 26th April 2018, the Administrative Court handed down judgment in Vay Sui Ip v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2018] EWHC 957 (Admin). The Administrative Court refused Mr Ip’s appeal against the SRA’s orders for strike off and costs (£10,000) for, essentially, ‘gaming the system’ in immigration proceedings, and for making ‘totally without merit’ applications. […]
On 8th May 2018, the Hong Kong government issued Strategic Trade Controls Circular No. 6/2018 (‘the 2018 Circular’), Import and Export of Encryption Products, in order to “remind traders of the licensing requirements for the import and export of encryption products”. Encryption products are commonplace – virtually all commercially available, digital telecommunications devices (the smartphone […]
Things can change bewilderingly quickly in the world of financial sanctions. On 21st September 2017, HM Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (‘OFSI’), updated the financial sanctions relating to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. On 27th September 2017, it was Syria. On 29th September 2017, it was North Korea. On 2nd October 2017, it was ISIL (Da’esh) and […]
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