All SDT articles – Page 20
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SRA off the hook as Bakers tribunal rejects all costs applications
Respondents in high-profile prosecution tried to claim £3m in costs from the regulator.
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SRA faces £3m costs bill in Bakers case
Former partner seeks £1.6m + VAT in costs after allegations against him were dismissed last week.
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Ex-Baker McKenzie boss fined £55k but avoids suspension
Gary Senior has also agreed to pay £40,000 to cover prosecution costs.
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Gary Senior: Attempted kiss was serious professional misconduct
Tribunal finds allegation against ex-Baker McKenzie London managing partner proved. But the firm is cleared.
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Solicitor in sham marriage TV sting loses strike-off appeal
High Court rules that tribunal had followed the correct process and came to the right conclusion.
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Solicitor fined for high risk property deals
Partner failed to advise clients about 'obvious pitfalls' of off-plan developments.
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Baker McKenzie: QC calls SRA case ‘unnecessary’
Hearings in long-running disciplinary case against firm and three former executives concluded last week.
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SDT to deliver verdict on Baker McKenzie case in June
Solicitors Regulation Authority defends prosecution as substantive hearing draws to a close.
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Baker McKenzie: QC defends ‘inappropriate’ emails
Messages were taken out of context and out of order, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal hears.
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Baker's QC accuses SRA of 'moving the goalposts'
Firm's closing submissions warn of 'chilling effect' from any finding of misconduct.
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Baker McKenzie: 'Failed pass' was not professional misconduct, QC says
Many relationships in law firms form between junior and senior colleagues, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal hears.
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Former Baker McKenzie bosses disagree over SRA conversation
Management committee 'took counsel' on whether to report Gary Senior case to regulator, tribunal told.
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Former Baker McKenzie HR chief 'could not rely on GC not to gossip'
Tribunal hears that general counsel was kept out of decision-making circle over settlement agreement.
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Baker McKenzie boss 'would have been suspended today', tribunal hears
Former HR chief said the situation was 'very hard to manage' with Gary Senior still in the office.
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Baker McKenzie hearing returns in virtual SDT courtroom
Former human resources head says he was not involved in sanctioning Gary Senior.
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Delay Baker McKenzie case until autumn, SDT urged
Unfair for final respondent to give evidence via video link, Jonathan Laidlaw QC tells tribunal.
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Baker McKenzie case returns to tribunal - via Zoom
Plans being made for most SDT cases in the coming weeks to be heard remotely.
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Tribunal clears partner alleged to have patted colleague’s bottom
Judgment concludes Person A was ‘prone to exaggeration and embellishment'.
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Beckwith to appeal SDT ruling
Solicitor for former Freshfields partner confirms grounds to appeal were filed last Wednesday.
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Four months on, SDT publishes Beckwith judgment
Solicitors Regulation Authority claimed £343,957 in costs, which tribunal reduced to £200,000.