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I think we should revert to the position we were in pre-1980 when the Law Society was both our representative and regulator and disciplinarian. That is what an 'independent' profession requires, otherwise it is not independent.

SRA/SDT seem to lurch from one bad idea to another. Shambolic case preparation, fantastic costs orders, refusal to answer questions on who does what and how much he charges for doing it. Good, competent, and decent practitioners are finding this work can no longer be done profitably due to the fantastic burden of compliance and the cost of PII cover, both while in practice and for 6 years after retirement, but cannot afford to leave.

The SRA/SDT would appear to have no grasp of these issues. They just carry on as in the old days when no 'mens era' needed to be proved, just the 'acts reuse'. If they carry on in this way more and more solicitors will fall by the wayside and for exactly the same reasons. They are, in effect, the cause of these defaults as well as the prosecutors and hangmen.