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I find it odd (and concerning) that people are trying to defend/exculpate Mr Beach. I am not a fan of the SRA, but he deserved to be before the SDT and (in my view) can consider himself very lucky that he did not receive a more severe sanction.

The leniency of the sanction may perhaps reflect poor presentation of the case by the SRA, whose costs were reduced by no less than 60%. That is the sort of reduction which in other circumstances would result in serious questions being asked. Having said that, the SDT's judgment (at [40]) does not come close to providing a proper explanation for its decision to reduce the costs by 60%.

Note the following comment from the judgment:

"The Tribunal did not consider that the costs of matters between the SRA and Capsticks Solicitors should be payable by the respondent".

If I understand those words correctly, the SDT disallowed the entirety of the fees charged to the SRA by Capsticks. If that is not what those words mean, I have no idea what the SDT was saying.

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