Tag: Solicitors Regulation Authority
Average trainee solicitor pay down £560 since regulator scrapped minimum salary requirement
Nearly half of rookies think they're paid too little
‘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
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
SRA will not relax its rules for students caught up in university strikes
As students fight for compensation over lost lectures
Don’t use gagging orders to cover up allegations of sexual misconduct, law firms warned
It comes after profession rocked by assault accusations
Decision to approve or reject solicitor super-exam delayed AGAIN
9 March 12 April
Decision to approve or reject solicitor super-exam delayed
Legal Services Board gives itself more time to consider LPC and GDL's demise
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
High Court showdown on the cards as SRA confirms Leigh Day tribunal appeal
Two partners and junior solicitor previously cleared in Iraqi torture case
Over before it’s even began: Two trainee solicitors removed from profession
One was a fraudster, the other lied about storing firm documents
Solicitor super-exam proposals submitted for formal approval
Regulator’s plan to scrap GDL and LPC moves one step closer to reality
Trainee solicitor who used client cash to ‘cover up mistakes’ removed from profession
Training contract pressure?
White male solicitors THREE TIMES more likely to reach partnership at City firms than white females
And six times more likely than BME females
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
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
Trainee solicitor who charged clients for legal advice handed 18-month suspended jail term
Training contract disaster
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
Paralegal who worked for two firms at the same time barred from legal profession
A big price to pay for some extra cash
Ex-Fieldfisher IT worker banned from profession after sexually assaulting paralegal at Christmas party
City computer whizz was handed 12-month prison term last year
Can you start a training contract without having completed the LPC?
We asked the Solicitors Regulation Authority for its advice on this little-known route to qualification