Tag: Solicitors Regulation Authority

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

Super regulator probes events leading up to SRA’s closure of Axiom Ince
Important for public confidence, says LSB