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NewsSolicitor rebuke overturned after SRA panel’s ’serious procedural error’
Tribunal finds SRA did not consider wider context of costs order complaint.
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Barrister fined for calling opposition client 'hysterical woman'
Practitioner described women as ‘intemperate’ in a discussion with opposing counsel, bar tribunal finds.
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Solicitor ‘played to harmful lawyer stereotypes’ with £2.9m costs claim
Nabeel Sheikh suspended by SDT after a different panel had previously found no case to answer.
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SRA tells firms to provide 'safe environment' for concerned staff
Failure to offer support to employees raising concerns or admitting mistakes could be a breach of regulations.
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Listen to prosecuted solicitors for ‘balanced’ view of SRA, says Society
Oversight regulator urged to look more closely at performance of SRA and legal ombudsman.
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'Troubling': Men earn twice as much as women at bar, survey shows
Disparity holds true across the profession and the country, regulator reports.
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Disbarral for fabricating court order in ‘Trump dossier’ case
Leading media lawyer found to have misled her client by sending him the fabricated order.
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Solicitor banned after not paying disbursements for seven years
Amounts owed to insurers, barristers chambers and medical experts could run to almost £800,000.
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SRA closes investigation into former Freshfields partner
Magic circle firm says a complaint was made about Caroline Stroud's role on a client mandate in 2018.
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SRA moves beyond regulation to research access to justice
Regulator commissions new research to see what gaps in provision exist.
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Mishcon accused of ‘turning a blind eye’ to £3m of ‘potentially tainted’ cash
London firm faces a High Court claim for the return of £2.9m in payments made by a former client.
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CMA struggling to hire M&A lawyers due to 'very hot' private sector
Andrea Coscelli tells MPs the Competition and Markets Authority is ‘constantly in a way fighting for talent’.
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PI solicitor who made an offer without client consent is rebuked
SRA says lawyer was trying to act in his client’s interest by getting claim resolved quickly.
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Ex-City partner struck off for misleading High Court mounts appeal
Peter Gray says his strike off was based on findings which were ‘no longer supportable’ before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.
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SRA diversity data reveals minimal progress on ethnicity
Proportion of black solicitors has remained at 2% since 2019.
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Former SFO director joins international firm
Sir David Green QC joins Cohen & Gresser as a partner in its white collar defence and regulation practice group.
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Khan 'misappropriated money', SRA tells High Court
Sir Gerald Barling hears from regulator in Soophia Khan's intervention challenge before reserving judgment.
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SRA 'elevated' technical issue into dishonesty suspicion, court hears
Soophia Khan is seeking an order requiring the regulator to withdraw an intervention into her Leicester practice.
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Khan practice intervention ‘fundamentally flawed’
High Court begins hearing application by jailed solicitor for SRA to withdraw 'disproportionate' enforcement action.
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First SQE results hit by IT glitches, data issues and delays
Candidates logging in were able to see data about other candidates, but SRA's exam provider says no reportable breach occurred.
