Rebuke for solicitor who disclosed privileged email
Practitioner sent copy to opposing side after refusing to represent non-paying client.
View ArticleSenior partner suspended over sex on a desk with junior colleague
Tribunal says younger female staff at unnamed firm were given ‘unsettling dilemma’ about how to respond.
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Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
View ArticleDecisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
View ArticleSRA liable for £189,000 costs after ignoring its own AML guidance
Tribunal rebuffs regulator's attempt to penalise international firm Dentons after unsuccessful prosecution.
View ArticleHigh Court throws out SRA’s appeal in AML case
External provider failed to identify politically exposed person related to client, court hears.
View ArticleCovid campaigner sought to 'cloak political view in legal terminology', SDT...
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal prosecution centres on correspondence threatening legal proceedings during pandemic.
View ArticleSolicitor who practised while suspended avoids permanent ban
Tribunal accepts revised five-year suspension but with reservations.
View Article‘Vaccine campaign’ solicitor was following clients’ instructions, SDT hears
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal refuses 'no case to answer' application in employment lawyer’s hearing.
View Article‘Vaccine campaign’ solicitor fined £15,000 by SDT
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal also orders lawyer to pay the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s costs of £66,500.
View ArticleZahawi solicitor to face SDT over ‘without prejudice’ email
Representatives for Osborne Clarke partner tell the tribunal the SRA’s prosecution is ‘misconceived’.
View Article‘Not in the public interest’ to restore solicitor struck off decades ago
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal finds ‘time in and of itself did not warrant restoration to the roll’.
View ArticleDecisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
View ArticleDecisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal)
View ArticleSolicitor involved in sham marriages struck off
Practitioner had been jailed for providing immigration advice and services when he was not qualified to do so.
View ArticleFirm owner who admitted ‘winging it’ struck off the roll
Inexperienced director used client money to prevent firm’s debt tipping over limit.
View ArticleManaging partner diverted pension contributions to prop up firm
Regulator investigated south-west firm after complaints from four members of staff.
View ArticleDirector struck off after bullying junior colleagues
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal orders that solicitor also pays Solicitors Regulation Authority’s costs of more than £41,000.
View ArticleLaw firm chief who 'bullied' junior colleagues is struck off
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal also orders solicitor to pay SRA costs of more than £41,000.
View ArticleEquity partners avoid sanction after colleague struck off
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal judgment finds Solicitors Regulation Authority had failed to prove the facts to the requiste standard.
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