Fifteen law firms are to be closed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) after failing to secure Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) according to the Law Society Gazette. 

A long-standing relationship between a solicitor and clients does not automatically give rise to a duty to keep the suitability of previous advice under review following a decision in Shepherd Construction Ltd v Pinsent Masons LLP.

The risks inherent in a solicitor witnessing a client’s transaction are brought home in a case where the Master of the Rolls ordered the retrial of a professional negligence case in which a solicitor was alleged to have failed to ensure his client fully understood the nature of the documents.

Eleven percent of people are including online passwords in their will, leading to an explosion in the number of cases of fraudsters targeting the estates of the deceased for online assets, such as bank accounts, according to a report in Law Society Gazette here.