Solicitor endures six-year delay in billing misconduct case
Former Addleshaw Goddard partner admitted to misguided attempt at internal ‘housekeeping’.
View ArticleHigh Court dismisses ex-junior lawyer’s strike-off appeal
Jack Grunhut claimed he had been guided by mentors 'who were not suitable for their roles'.
View ArticleSolicitor fined £5,500 for failure to register clients’ pub purchase
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal approved agreed outcome and also ordered the lawyer pay £1,350 costs.
View ArticleSolicitor struck off for faking client letters and misleading SRA
Sussex practitioner struck off after dishonest attempts to avoid regulatory sanction.
View ArticleSDT dismisses case against immigration solicitor over Mail sting
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal finds ‘nothing’ within material before SDT ‘which would permit it to make an adverse finding’.
View ArticleFormer managing associate at US firm denies inappropriate touching
Male solicitor, who denies the allegations, is alleged to have touched two female colleagues on multiple occasions.
View ArticleFormer managing associate accepted he had 'upset' colleague
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal hears the former managing associate, who denies allegations against him, said he was ‘sorry’ in message to colleague.
View ArticleEx-Orrick lawyer touched colleagues inappropriately, tribunal finds
City lawyer acted without integrity but did not exploit his senior position.
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Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
View ArticleSolicitor arrested by SFO allowed firm to be used as £30m banking facility
William Osmond allowed the payments, despite there being no underlying legal transactions to justify them.
View ArticleSDT suspends partner made subject of restraint orders
Concerns expressed by ’several judges’ over the ‘unusual number and scale of applications’ made by Scott Halborg.
View ArticleDecisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
View ArticleImmigration solicitor concealed visa rejection for more than a year
Partner at London firm had said case was on hold due to the Covid pandemic.
View ArticleSuspension for failure to disclose wife's property conflict
Tribunal finds experienced solicitor ought to have known about dangers of conflict of interest.
View ArticleSolicitor who has not practised in years reprimanded by SDT
Sole practitioner did not engage with the ombudsman over a client complaint made in 2015.
View ArticleDecisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
View ArticleDirector who misled clients over failed claims struck off
Solicitor admits dishonest conduct over statements 'apt to lead' clients to believe personal injury claims had succeeded.
View ArticleSolicitor faces £30,000 costs over SRA fine appeal
Tribunal dismisses appeal over £8,000 sanction imposed by adjudicator panel for breach of a property sale undertaking.
View ArticleDecisions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
View ArticleDirector who failed to comply with court order suspended
Six-month suspension appropriate sanction ‘to protect the public and the reputation of the legal profession’.
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