Tag: Solicitors Regulation Authority

Profession prepares for big changes in training of lawyers

Scrapping of LPC, shift to apprenticeships and focus on tech prompt enthusiasm and anxiety in equal measure

May 31 2019 11:15am

Ban for trainee solicitor who turned up to police station with cocaine

Drove there while over the alcohol limit, according to SRA decision

May 23 2019 11:58am

Question mark remains over super-exam Welsh translation

Failure to do so may be unlawful, academic claims

May 17 2019 8:44am

Trainees risk ‘exploitation’ under super-exam, junior lawyers warn

Regulator urged to reinstate mandatory minimum salary -- again

Apr 30 2019 10:49am

Ex-SRA exec slams ‘irrelevant’ Law Society

Organisation representing solicitors is doing a terrible job of it, former policy guru Crispin Passmore says

Apr 30 2019 8:51am

How one law school is preparing for the biggest shake-up to legal education in a generation

Andrew Chadwick, dean of BPP University Law School, discusses the SQE, technology and the opportunities ahead

Apr 23 2019 1:37pm

Solicitor escapes with suspension over ‘modest’ cannabis farm

Makes a real hash of her career

Apr 23 2019 12:19pm

Junior lawyer MP Fiona Onasanya to face disciplinary tribunal

Lied to police in bid to avoid a speeding charge

Apr 12 2019 10:36am

Allen & Overy lawyer to face tribunal over Weinstein NDA fiasco

Regulator confident lawyers' attitudes to non-disclosure agreements have changed

Apr 3 2019 3:34pm

Email fraudsters impersonate Clifford Chance UK managing partner

Spell name wrong in dodgy emails

Apr 1 2019 3:29pm

SRA loses another policy chief as solicitor super-exam looms

Richard Collins heads for the exit not long after predecessor

Mar 7 2019 1:43pm
SQE super-exam students solicitors

Junior lawyers question legal watchdog’s ‘refusal criteria’ following SQE approval

Super-exam was given go-ahead by LSB despite calls to delay

Mar 6 2019 11:28am

Ex-law firm partner struck off after failing to report cocaine conviction to regulator

Gave 'misleading information to the police', according to agreed outcome

Mar 5 2019 8:49am

‘Vulnerable’ junior lawyers need greater protection from ‘toxic and uncaring’ law firms

JLD pens open letter to regulator in wake of controversial whistleblower decision

Feb 14 2019 1:06pm
SQE super-exam students solicitors

New figures reveal huge provider variation in LPC pass rates

Solicitor exam success rates range from 100% to 37% at different institutions

Feb 12 2019 11:46am

SRA defends decision to prosecute ‘bullied’ trainee solicitor whistleblower

Emily Scott was struck off despite reporting firm's fraud

Feb 7 2019 10:52am

‘Terribly let down’: Whistleblowing trainee solicitor hits back at strike off decision

Emily Scott was struck off after reporting bosses' fraud

Feb 4 2019 12:42pm