All SDT articles
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NewsEx solicitor refused restoration 16 years after strike-off
Applicant did not demonstrate a sustained commitment to training, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal finds.
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NewsSDT declines late application to open 'SLAPP' case to public
Panel had considered objections to private sitting decision - following the breach of an anonymity order - a month earlier.
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NewsSolicitor cleared over cut-price sale of 82-year-old's home
SDT says practitioners cannot be expected to second-guess instructions of client with full mental capacity.
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NewsSolicitor lied to secure a company loan
Conduct was relevant to professional standing even though director was not practising at the time, tribunal finds.
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FeatureDecisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
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NewsSolicitor cleared of any wrongdoing over costs
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal finds schedule ‘reflected the agreement in place at the relevant time’.
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NewsSolicitor's 'cherished' sole practice destroyed by fraudsters
Owner of Oxfordshire firm suspended for 18 months after failing to carry out 'rudimentary identity checks'.
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NewsImmigration solicitor struck off after admitting misleading asylum client
Partner’s removal from the roll was the ‘only appropriate and proportionate sanction’, SDT says.
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NewsMagic circle junior who lied in his pupillage application struck off
Former Slaughter and May associate claimed to have won prize for best overall performance during his final Cambridge year.
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NewsSolicitor who advised both prosecution witness and defendant suspended
Criminal defence lawyer’s two-month suspension, imposed by the SDT, commenced in July this year.
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NewsFirm boss struck off for taking client money and issuing bad cheques
Immigration firm sole principal who misappropriated £160,000 admits all allegations against him.
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NewsEx-solicitor fails in costly bid to return to profession
Tribunal says former sole practitioner has refused to acknowledge that original findings were correct.
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NewsStrike-off for misleading divorce client and firm
Solicitor of 18 years maintained pretence for three months that she was awaiting requested information.
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NewsEx-solicitor caught in immigration sting barred from further litigation
Former practitioner struck off in 2023 has an ‘inability to accept defeat’, High Court finds following nine totally without merit orders.
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FeatureDecisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
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News‘SLAPPs’ SDT case to be heard in private following anonymity order breach
Three-person panel found it could not ‘adequately protect’ client privilege in a public session following breach by newspaper.
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NewsPI solicitor struck off for concealing 'catastrophic' medical records
Solicitor of 23 years feared that medical records would open client up to 'fundamental dishonesty' attack.
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