Tag: Solicitors Regulation Authority
DLA Piper associate struck off for concealing strike out
Young real estate associate at international giant fabricated court documents
Aspiring City lawyers will still need to go to university even if super exam gets go-ahead
New SRA-backed proposals will remove the need for solicitors to have a degree -- unless they work in the Square Mile
Sexist email DLA Piper partner WILL face disciplinary tribunal
Nick West hit headlines back in 2014 when emails between him and Premier League chief Richard Scudamore were leaked
The SRA is to call 16 witnesses from institutions on Lord Harley’s CV to decide if it’s legit
Five-day hearing to put to bed 18 months of confusion
SRA neglects to register Jones Day trainee lawyers for almost two years
*Regulatory facepalm*
New solicitor super-exam could be rolled into undergraduate law degrees to save students £15k
Proposed replacement for the LPC to be incorporated into LLB
Drink driving solicitors should be struck off/slapped on wrist/bought a drink, discovers SRA in Facebook video experiment
Solicitors Regulation Authority goes social meeja-ing
Hill Dickinson partner fined £1,000 by SRA over ‘domestic incident’
City lawyer reaches "settlement agreement" with regulator to avoid disciplinary tribunal
Solicitors Regulation Authority gives official backing to plan to scrap the LPC
New solicitor super-exam would be open to non-graduates and make law degrees optional
Event: Alternative routes to becoming a lawyer
How law students can make it into the legal profession without doing a training contract
The legal profession has just set a trainee solicitor minimum wage that is higher than the one it scrapped — but it’s unenforceable
New recommended minimum wage for trainee solicitors is £20,276 in London and £18,183 elsewhere
Solicitors Regulation Authority publishes its allegations against Lord Harley of Counsel
Colourful solicitor-advocate's titles questioned by the regulator
The 8 best moments from the Lord Harley hearing liveblog
What purports to be a blow-by-blow account of solicitor-advocate's first day before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal appears online
DLA Piper silent on rumours that partner who described women as ‘gash’ is under investigation by the SRA
Firm's refusal to comment on matter gives credence to gossip
Lord Harley to face Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
"Harry Potter" lawyer will have initial case management hearing in early November
Will lawyers fall for the government’s ‘wholesale privatisation of justice’ PR trick?
During the consultation over the scrapping of the trainee solicitor minimum salary last year, the...
Solicitors Regulation Authority Fuses Judaism And Islam To Create New Religion
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) latest diversity survey has an eye-catching new ‘Jewish Muslim’ option...
What Has Happened To The Legal Education And Training Review Final Report?
The final report of the Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) – potentially the biggest shake-up...
Edicts From The Ivory Tower: The Troubling Disconnect Between The SRA’s ‘Sophisticated’ Decision-Makers And Its ‘Over-Zealous’ Prosecutor Foot-Soldiers
A “wholly unjustified and unreasonable” decision to prosecute a small law firm for supposed failure...
Jobless Graduates Left At Whim Of Law Firms’ Make-It-Up-As-You-Go-Along Recruitment Procedures
Last month Kearns Solicitors placed an advert in Counsel magazine seeking LPC and BPTC graduates...