Tag: Solicitors Regulation Authority

£1,600 fine for solicitor who forwarded ‘grossly offensive’ email to colleague

Paul Kenneth Breen was department head of Liverpool outfit when he passed on email derogatory to women

Mar 10 2020 10:36am

Paralegal jailed for online child abuse removed from profession

Aspiring barrister pleaded guilty to 158 sex offences

Feb 27 2020 10:02am

Ex-Freshfields partner Ryan Beckwith launches High Court challenge over tribunal ruling

City lawyer was fined £35,000 and ordered to pay £200,000 in costs for drunken sexual incident with junior colleague

Feb 26 2020 8:36am

SRA won’t appeal Ryan Beckwith ruling

Ex-Freshfields partner was fined £35,000, but not struck off, for engaging in sexual activity with a junior female colleague

Feb 24 2020 5:01pm

SRA dismisses call to disclose LPC provider pass rates

Junior Lawyers Division's plea comes after stats show law school success scores vary from 100% to 29%

Feb 24 2020 10:52am

LPC pass rates nosedive as report reveals one law school where just 29% of students made the grade

While achievement gap between white and ethnic minority students remains large

Feb 17 2020 11:39am

14 law firms named in LGBT top 100 employer list

Newcastle City Council takes top spot

Jan 30 2020 6:58am
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SRA waited three years to stop disbarred bomb hoax barrister from working for solicitors

Exclusive: Michael Shrimpton has been arguing cases in court despite being disbarred

Jan 27 2020 9:04am

Reports of sexual misconduct at law firms hit all-time high in wake of #MeToo

Complaints to regulator more than double in five years

Jan 20 2020 11:18am

Ban for former DWF trainee solicitor who emailed client information to a mate

Haley Tansey now can't work for a law firm without regulator's say-so

Jan 7 2020 12:46pm

SRA to make decision on SQE1 skills assessment in New Year

Feedback from spring pilot advised it be ditched

Dec 11 2019 8:53am

Former Baker McKenzie London boss admits harassing junior lawyer

But denies it was an abuse of his position

Dec 5 2019 11:15am

Ex-Baker McKenzie London boss gave junior lawyer ‘unwanted kiss’ in hotel room

Then emailed her to say ‘Sorry!!’, tribunal hears

Dec 3 2019 10:47am

Legal Services Board: super-exam isn’t a done deal

Super-regulator flags concerns over quality and cost

Nov 13 2019 10:46am
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Olympic bomb hoax barrister banned from legal profession

Michael Shrimpton, who was disbarred in 2018, subject to further regulatory action -- this time by the SRA

Nov 5 2019 10:24am