• October 2018: SSB incorporated and soon after authorised as an alternative business structure by the SRA, with Jeremy Brooke, admitted in 1998, as chief executive
  • Early 2019: SRA forms Operation Grouse to monitor cavity wall claims
  • June 2020: First report to SRA from a client about SSB’s handling of claims
  • July 2020: SRA issues warning notice to legal profession about cavity wall claims
  • May 2021: First report to SRA about SSB from the Insurance Fraud Bureau
  • November 2021: Thousands of claims transferred to SSB after collapse of Pure Legal
  • March 2023: Barrister complains to SRA about unpaid fees from SSB
  • April 2023: SRA carries out forensic investigation into SSB but takes no further action
  • October 2023: SRA opens second forensic investigation into SSB
  • January 2024: SSB enters administration
  • May 2024: LSB engages Carson McDowell to review handling of SSB by the SRA.