Tag: Solicitors Regulation Authority
 
    
    City law firms to offer training contract interviews to super-exam pilot candidates
Other perks up for grabs include open day invites, one-to-one coaching sessions and £500 in cash
 
    
    Ex-SRA policy chief launches business to help law firms decipher super-exam shake-up
Crispin Passmore quit regulator last month
 
    
    Young Legal Aid Lawyers: SRA must reintroduce mandatory minimum trainee pay
Enforceable salary requirements ditched by SRA in 2014
 
    
    SRA spent £3.1 million on failed Leigh Day case — here’s what it could have bought instead
Yacht, private island or a seemingly endless supply of Nando's?
 
    
    AI isn’t about cutting solicitor numbers, says SRA
While regulator attacked over SQE for doing 'violence to the law'
 
    
    Law Society likes tweet criticising SRA’s new digital badge
Then unlikes it
 
    
    Don’t become ‘hired guns’ for clients, regulator warns solicitors
SRA reminds lawyers to adhere to professional obligations, particularly when drafting NDAs
 
    
    Solicitor who told SRA to shove costs bill up its ‘arse’ is struck off
Luke Venton also sent expletive-filled emails to former colleagues and a recruitment agency
 
    
    Junior solicitor whose hair fell out as she struggled to meet billing targets struck off after successful SRA appeal
Sovani James handed two-year ban earlier this year for faking documents
 
    
    SRA launches Facebook page to help demystify solicitor super-exam
Regulator revealed last week SQE could cost up to £4,500
 
    
    New solicitor super-exam ‘likely’ to cost between £3,000 – £4,500
But SRA delays implementation date until September 2021, one year later than previously proposed
 
    
    SRA director of policy and education to leave ahead of super-exam roll out
Crispin Passmore to go at the end of the year, regulator confirms
 
    
    Dentons could face SDT over dismissal of recruitment manager while on maternity leave
Bina Hale was made redundant while on maternity leave
 
    
    SRA loses High Court appeal over failed Leigh Day prosecution
Two partners and junior solicitor previously cleared of wrongdoing in Iraqi torture case
 
    
    High Court quadruples suspension of City lawyer convicted of Christmas party sex assault
Alastair Main reportedly poured beer over his victim’s head and called her an 'Australian slut'
 
    
    Legal consultant fined £2,000 for leaving confidential client papers in his front garden
His current whereabouts are unknown
 
    
    SRA awarded £700,000 to fund ‘robolawyer’ projects
Taxpayers' cash will help support AI innovations within the legal services sector
 
    
    Super-exam cost revealed before Christmas, says SRA
As Kaplan's SQE director defends multiple choice format
 
    
    Phone-hacking lawyer Mark Lewis to face disciplinary tribunal over ‘offensive’ social media posts
The allegations are as of yet unproven
 
    
    SRA picks Kaplan to deliver new solicitor super-exam
Eight-year deal
 
    
    Family solicitor suspended from practice for glassing ex-boyfriend
She was convicted of ABH