Tag: Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Solicitor suspended for texting prisoner 102 times cites legal aid cuts in tribunal judgment
She was ambitious to succeed in competitive legal market
Law’s cut-throat ‘sink or swim’ culture has been laid bare in a string of recent disciplinary cases
Is the profession beginning to show mercy to its stressed-out juniors?
SRA appeals tribunal’s decision to show mercy on junior lawyer whose hair fell out as she struggled to meet billing targets
Received a suspended ban for faking documents
‘Zombie’ corporate lawyer avoids being struck off for dishonesty after being left ‘physically and emotionally drained’ by workload
He sent misleading emails to buy himself time
City solicitor placed on sex offenders register after assault conviction avoids being struck off
He was also found guilty of racist assault
Solicitor whose firm went under owing £200,000 in barrister fees struck off
His actions were ‘deliberate, calculated and repeated’
Solicitor hit with £54,000 costs bill after failing to overturn £2,000 SRA fine
Family lawyer behind 'incompetent idiot' emails had ‘lost perspective’, tribunal says
Young solicitor who faked documents to hide mistake is struck off
She’d only been qualified for three years
Full Leigh Day judgment revealed: Firm’s solicitors not ‘people who put financial advantage above professional duty’
But partner Martyn Day not ‘a credible, honest or convincing witness’, one tribunal member says
Solicitor who ‘cracked under the strain’ of work and tried to kill his wife has NOT been banned from profession
‘Realistic prospect’ attempted murderer could ‘return to practice eventually’
Tribunal tells SRA to review its guidance on solicitors having sex with clients
Plea comes as SDT fines lawyer £8,500 for failing to disclose relationship
Solicitor who made anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist Facebook comments handed 12-month suspension
He dared a member of the public to report him, so they did
Clyde & Co associate struck off after sending ‘misleading’ emails to conceal £500,000 error
Rajpal Singh Ahluwalia’s case collapsed after he missed an important deadline
The standard of proof in solicitor AND barrister disciplinary hearings should be lowered, says SRA
Days after Leigh Day lawyers cleared on 19 misconduct charges
Lawyers rush to defend Leigh Day after solicitors cleared of 19 misconduct charges
One said it was ‘a shameful political witchhunt’
Iraq torture case: Leigh Day cleared of ALL misconduct following longest solicitor disciplinary tribunal in history
Two partners and a junior solicitor faced charges including pursuing false claims against British troops
Senior partner fined £5,000 after branding litigant-in-person a ‘fisherwoman’ in fiery email
SDT said the comments were 'completely unacceptable'
We ‘cocked up’, but it wasn’t misconduct: Leigh Day’s defence begins
Junior solicitor in the firing line over accusations firm pursued false claims against British troops
SDT publishes judgment that saw Clyde & Co hit with record £50,000 fine for money laundering and accounting rule breaches
Three partners also told to cough up £10,000 each
Young solicitor struck off after accountant boyfriend put £36k of stolen cash into her account
Naomi Jane Barnes was convicted of one count of acquiring criminal property in 2015