Agreement to strike off solicitor linked to suspicious investment schemes rejected

The option of striking off a solicitor following the emergence of his links to suspicious investment schemes has been rejected by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.
January sees jump in registered deaths

According to recently published provisional figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the number of deaths recorded in January 2018 was 64,157. Compared to December 2017, this represents a rise of 19,016 and, in comparison to January 2017, an increase of 6,791.