Tag: Solicitors Regulation Authority
Ex-Slater & Gordon partner misled client over case progression for 17 years
Agrees to be struck off
SQE students told to wait in ‘quiet area’ for 2.5 hours before exam
Aspiring lawyers may welcome extra revision time, says SRA
SQE blunder: £250 goodwill payment ‘does not begin to repair the damage’, says Junior Lawyers Division
Could request super regulator investigation
Exam chaos: Kaplan issues apology after 175 students wrongly told they’d failed SQE
Questions remain over whether blunder led to TC offer cancellations
Paralegal sanctioned for misleading firm over LLM qualification
Needs SRA approval for law firm work
Junior solicitor who inappropriately touched colleague suspended for three months
2019 Christmas party incident
Newly qualified solicitor struck off for fabricating time recordings
Lack of experience not mitigating factor
Beware of ‘deepfake’ clients, regulator warns lawyers
Concerns over money laundering and terrorist financing
Legal secretary barred following county lines drug conviction
Avoided prison by 'skin of her teeth'
Law firm office manager paid herself nearly £1,500 to cover tea and coffee expenses
Regulator takes action
Regulator dishes out £13,836 fine to drink-driving solicitor
New approach of linking sanction to salary
Regulator takes action against ex-Dentons lawyer for sexual misconduct
Quit before disciplinary meeting could take place
Clyde & Co fined £500k for anti-money laundering failures
Former partner also sanctioned
Post Office scandal: SRA unlikely to expedite lawyer prosecutions
Likely wait until inquiry's conclusion
City solicitor fined £10k for holding out to be sole practitioner
Motivated by compassion
SRA recruits more staff to handle Axiom Ince fallout
Deal with compensation claims
SRA fines law firm for failing to provide diversity data
First of its kind
SQE students voice frustration over erroneous exam slot cancellation email
Kaplan stresses assessments will go ahead as planned, apologises for confusion