Solicitors Regulation Authority Archives - Legal Cheek

SRA picks Kaplan to deliver new solicitor super-exam

Eight-year deal

Aug 1 2018 1:00pm
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Family solicitor suspended from practice for glassing ex-boyfriend

She was convicted of ABH

Jul 27 2018 11:26am
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SRA issues warning over scam emails misusing the names Osborne Clarke and Herbert Smith Freehills

It’s not the first time that a firm’s identity has been used in this way

Jul 17 2018 12:18pm
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‘I was no longer able to cope’: Junior solicitor who backdated 23 letters ‘to buy time’ is struck off

She’d only been qualified for three years

Jun 25 2018 11:46am
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London law firm events planner banned after keeping raffle prizes

She worked for Bircham Dyson Bell

Jun 22 2018 11:20am
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Average trainee solicitor pay down £560 since regulator scrapped minimum salary requirement

Nearly half of rookies think they’re paid too little

May 25 2018 9:17am
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‘A cosy old boys’ network’: MP grills SRA over its handling of Weinstein NDA scandal

Regulator says there is an investigation under way into Allen & Overy, the firm that drafted the document

Apr 25 2018 2:59pm
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SRA appeals tribunal’s ‘unduly lenient’ sanction against City solicitor convicted of sexual assault

He was suspended but not struck off after Christmas party attack

Apr 25 2018 11:06am
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SRA will not relax its rules for students caught up in university strikes

As students fight for compensation over lost lectures

Apr 3 2018 12:07pm
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Solicitor who bombarded colleague with offensive messages avoids strike-off because medication change was to blame

Fined £5,000

Mar 16 2018 12:58pm
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Don’t use gagging orders to cover up allegations of sexual misconduct, law firms warned

It comes after profession rocked by assault accusations

Mar 12 2018 11:58am
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Decision to approve or reject solicitor super-exam delayed AGAIN

~~9 March~~ 12 April

Mar 8 2018 2:51pm
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City lawyer fined £1,000 by regulator following ‘bottomless brunch’ attack on girlfriend

Matt Owen was found guilty on one count of assault by beating last year

Mar 8 2018 9:01am
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Decision to approve or reject solicitor super-exam delayed

Legal Services Board gives itself more time to consider LPC and GDL’s demise

Feb 9 2018 12:52pm
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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

Feb 8 2018 4:36pm
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High Court showdown on the cards as SRA confirms Leigh Day tribunal appeal

Two partners and junior solicitor previously cleared in Iraqi torture case

Feb 8 2018 12:49pm
Over before it’s even began: Two trainee solicitors removed from profession

One was a fraudster, the other lied about storing firm documents

Jan 29 2018 2:07pm
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Solicitor super-exam proposals submitted for formal approval

Regulator’s plan to scrap GDL and LPC moves one step closer to reality

Jan 17 2018 12:42pm
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Trainee solicitor who used client cash to ‘cover up mistakes’ removed from profession

Training contract pressure?

Dec 7 2017 11:43am
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White male solicitors THREE TIMES more likely to reach partnership at City firms than white females

And six times more likely than BME females

Oct 31 2017 2:09pm
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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

Sep 27 2017 10:36am
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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

Sep 4 2017 1:27pm
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Trainee solicitor who charged clients for legal advice handed 18-month suspended jail term

Training contract disaster

Aug 29 2017 1:55pm
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Regulator issues ‘what not to do’ social media guide for solicitors amid rise in complaints

Just days after a law firm partner was sanctioned following anti-Semitic Facebook rant

Aug 24 2017 12:09pm
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