Done deal for sole practitioner authorisation
The Legal Services Board (LSB) have agreed to amend the method the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) use to authorise sole practitioners The changes proposed by the SRA in regards to the way they authorise sole practitioners, has at last been acknowledged by the Legal Services Board (LSB). The effects of the changes have now been […]
Solicitor jailed for large scale fraud
Solicitor Simon Armitage (65) of Baydale, Clyst St George, Devon, a conveyancing and probate specialist has been jailed for four years following a large scale fraud. A sole practitioner at the time, he fraudulently pocketed unsuspecting clients’ money over a period of four years between 2009 and 2013 and pilfered around £430,000 in total to […]