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Conveyancing solicitor fined after failing to disclose link to borrower
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal fines lawyer £12,500 and orders he pay almost £20,000 in costs.
Director blasts ‘egregious waste of money’ after failed SRA case
Allegations against Barings Law over misleading clients and due diligence failures were thrown out by tribunal.
Solicitor abandoned 'chaotic' firm and left clients stranded
Solicitors Regulation Authority had to intervene after landlord got in touch to say solicitor was gone owing £22,400 in rent.
Solicitor involved in false PI claim loses strike-off appeal
Judge says solicitor was lucky not to be prosecuted over fabricated road traffic accident claim.
Decisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
Decisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
'SLAPP' tribunal to hear evidence about 'highly unusual features' of Zahawi threat
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal hears dispute over evidence sought by regulator on industry practice in defamation matters.
Solicitor who made misleading declaration ordered to pay £40,000
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal accepts declaration was not a deliberate attempt to mislead government loan scheme.
Managing partner asked junior to lie in client email
Tribunal finds solicitor acted ‘dishonestly’ in instructing junior colleague who was only three weeks’ qualified.
SDT lifts solicitor’s suspension with ‘stringent conditions’
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal accepts lawyer had 'insight into, and remorse for, his misconduct'.
'Legally misconceived': top defence silk condemns SRA prosecution and costs appeal
Solicitors Regulation Authority says it is ‘looking into’ the case in which it is accused of not disclosing all evidence in costs appeal.
Solicitor misled partners after panicking at showdown meeting
Solicitor of more than 30 years falsely told firm he had notified insurers about court loss.
Tribunal goes into battle with SRA over fining powers
Richest firms will regard agreeing fines with the regulator as a 'transactional event', says SDT.
Former DWF partner struck off over sexual communication with minor
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal also orders convicted former solicitor to pay £3,000 costs.
SDT pays tribute to solicitor restored to roll 22 years after strike-off
Practitioner had been victim of ‘unrelenting’ domestic abuse at the time of her misconduct.
SDT dismisses allegations against City firm over AML checks
Tribunal rules that firm did not have to carry out enhanced due diligence.
Solicitor convicted of blackmail struck off
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal also ordered lawyer to pay £4,158 costs.
Solicitor suspended after losing company £212k from transactions
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, by way of agreed outcome, also ordered the director pay £15,000 costs.
Junior solicitor suspended after failing to tell client defence was struck out
Former Plexus Legal LLP solicitor also ordered to pay almost £2,500 costs by Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.
Solicitor who withheld disbursements from barristers struck off
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal says Manchester sole practitioner ‘flagrantly disregarded’ duties.
High-profile solicitor fined after appearance on antisemitic TV show
Mohammed Akunjee made false statements about Mishcon de Reya but cleared of acting recklessly.
Decisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
Solicitor fined £2,500 over Covid vaccine letters to schools
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal ordered the lawyer pay £30,000 costs after finding some of the allegations against her proved.
I did it for the children, Covid 'threat' solicitor tells SDT
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal hears evidence from lawyer alleged to have made threats over liability in letters sent to schools.
Solicitor threatened schools over Covid safety measures, tribunal told
Lawyer ‘chose to use the tools that were available to her as a member of the profession to lend her view weight’.
Junior lawyer struck off for failing to disclose sacking
'Ashamed' former Weightmans lawyer did not reveal real reason for her departure when applying for a new job.
Five-year ban for former Bird & Bird partner over inappropriate conduct towards junior
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal approves agreed outcome between ex-Bird & Bird Brussels partner and SRA.
US firm ‘disappointed’ over SRA’s money laundering compliance charges
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett says no money laundering occurred and no harm was done to any client.
Solicitor reprimanded over 'extremely poorly judged attempt at humour'
Solicitor admitted making ‘inappropriate comments’ about a person in court on two occassions, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal hears.
Solicitor struck off over improper payments totalling £2.8m
Compensation fund has paid out more than £3.8m as a result of solicitor’s misconduct.
SRA to pay costs after Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal lifts employment restrictions
SDT quashes section 43 order, finding 'serious procedural failing' by the regulator.
Interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
Equity partners avoid sanction after colleague struck off
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal judgment finds Solicitors Regulation Authority had failed to prove the facts to the requiste standard.
Law firm chief who 'bullied' junior colleagues is struck off
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal also orders solicitor to pay SRA costs of more than £41,000.
Managing partner diverted pension contributions to prop up firm
Regulator investigated south-west firm after complaints from four members of staff.
Firm owner who admitted ‘winging it’ struck off the roll
Inexperienced director used client money to prevent firm’s debt tipping over limit.
Solicitor involved in sham marriages struck off
Practitioner had been jailed for providing immigration advice and services when he was not qualified to do so.
Decisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal)
Decisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
‘Not in the public interest’ to restore solicitor struck off decades ago
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal finds ‘time in and of itself did not warrant restoration to the roll’.
Zahawi solicitor to face SDT over ‘without prejudice’ email
Representatives for Osborne Clarke partner tell the tribunal the SRA’s prosecution is ‘misconceived’.
‘Vaccine campaign’ solicitor fined £15,000 by SDT
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal also orders lawyer to pay the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s costs of £66,500.
‘Vaccine campaign’ solicitor was following clients’ instructions, SDT hears
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal refuses 'no case to answer' application in employment lawyer’s hearing.
Solicitor who practised while suspended avoids permanent ban
Tribunal accepts revised five-year suspension but with reservations.
Covid campaigner sought to 'cloak political view in legal terminology', SDT hears
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal prosecution centres on correspondence threatening legal proceedings during pandemic.
High Court throws out SRA’s appeal in AML case
External provider failed to identify politically exposed person related to client, court hears.
SRA liable for £189,000 costs after ignoring its own AML guidance
Tribunal rebuffs regulator's attempt to penalise international firm Dentons after unsuccessful prosecution.
Decisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
Decisions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
Senior partner suspended over sex on a desk with junior colleague
Tribunal says younger female staff at unnamed firm were given ‘unsettling dilemma’ about how to respond.
Rebuke for solicitor who disclosed privileged email
Practitioner sent copy to opposing side after refusing to represent non-paying client.
Decisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal)
The week in 60 seconds - digested news
A round-up of the week’s news.
Suspension for ‘power trip’ partner who entered colleague’s hotel room in 2012
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal finds all allegations proven against solicitor who refused to leave recently promoted partner’s room.
Fraudster who raided client’s bank account struck off
Former partner admits she misappropriated £7,850 from client’s bank account over a four-year period.
Solicitor coerced vulnerable client into sending explicit images
Case-handler claimed he needed images to support a non-molestation order application.
‘Vaccine campaign’ solicitor fails in abuse of process application
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal is told legal threats made by lawyer over Covid-19 vaccines were part of an ‘ideological campaign’.
A call to equality of arms
Law Society deliberations on ways to support solicitors hauled before the SDT will not be straightforward.
SRA loses appeal against £75k tribunal costs order
High Court finds Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal was entitled to make order over ‘flawed’ proceedings.
Solicitor who charged dishonest Grade A rate is struck off
Solicitor passed off work as his own and inflated costs by thousands of pounds.