Gregory Treverton-Jones KC

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SRA regime is broken – here’s how to mend it
2025-02-07T08:00:00
The arrogant and power-hungry Solicitors Regulation Authority is out of control and must be reformed. Curbing its fining powers would be start.
Opinion
‘Barrister’s barrister’ on defending barristers
2024-10-01T14:15:00
Gregory Treverton-Jones KC reviews Beaumont on Barristers: A Guide to Defending Disciplinary Proceedings (2nd edition).
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Another SRA ruling crying out for explanation
1 March 2024
Regulation.
Opinion
Huge fines show SRA is misusing its powers
2024-02-02T00:01:00
The regulator has radically increased its powers since its creation in 2007, with no corresponding increase in accountability.
Opinion
Hamer, a heavyweight companion
16 June 2023
Hamer’s Professional Conduct Casebook (4th edition)
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Why is the SRA so slow to do its job – part 2
12 September 2022
Regulation.
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The demise of a fair disciplinary system
22 July 2022
Regulation.
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Why is the SRA so slow to do its job?
13 September 2021
Regulation.
Opinion
Doing the right thing in corporate investigations
3 May 2021
A Guide to Conducting Internal Investigations | Jake McQuitty
Opinion
First port of call on solicitor liabilities
12 October 2020
The Law of Solicitors’ Liabilities (4th edition)
Opinion
Essential resource for in-house solicitors
14 September
Regulation and In-House Lawyers: A Compliance Guide (2nd edition)
Opinion
Raising the bar on disciplinary proceedings
20 July 2020
Beaumont on Barristers – A Guide to Defending Disciplinary Proceedings by Marc Beaumont.
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Must solicitors be paragons of virtue?
30 September 2019
Regulation: double standards.
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Penalised for putting things right
6 May 2019
Why can’t a conflict of interest be cured?
News
Obituary: Andrew Hopper QC, co-author, The Solicitor's Handbook
2018-07-30T08:51:00
Andrew Hopper, who died at home in South Wales on 25 July, was, without question, the country’s foremost solicitor in the field of the regulation of legal professionals.
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Discliplinary proceedings: Defining dishonesty
6 November 2017
Ivey v Genting Casinos – why the new test of dishonesty will make no difference to the outcome of disciplinary proceedings.
Opinion
BOOK REVIEW: Professional Conduct Casebook (Second Edition)
13 July 2015
A successor to an already-essential casebook became increasingly necessary.
News
Referral fees – a true picture
03 June 2013
A recent Gazette article titled Referral guidance made a number of surprising claims. We felt they should not pass unchallenged, as they will undoubtedly have caused concern to some practising solicitors who are seeking to come to terms with the referral fee ban now that it is in place.
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Entity regulation - solicitors beware!
2012-07-05T00:00:00
Amid all the publicity surrounding the introduction of alternative business structures and outcomes-focused regulation, a third part of the revolution in the regulation of legal services has attracted little comment - the move to entity regulation. Yet it is at least as important as either of the other two, and ...
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BOOK REVIEW The Solicitor's Handbook 2012
2012-02-27T00:00:00
Author: Andrew Hopper QC and Gregory Treverton-Jones QC