SDT & SRA interventions – Page 20
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Tribunal rejects sanctioned solicitor’s plea to end career ‘with dignity’
Panel rules that north west practitioner must continue to be subject to restrictions because of risk to public.
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Absent solicitor pledges to appeal even before he is struck off
Tribunal found Kent solicitor acted dishonestly over payments made from the client account.
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PI solicitor turned ‘wilful blind eye’ to suspicious RTA claims
Dozens of cases referred to the firm by a plumber named ‘Mr A’ were almost identical.
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Ex-City partner struck off for misleading court and opposing solicitors
Practitioner had told client in international case that they should 'fudge' issue of unreliable evidence coming to light.
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Bomb hoax barrister fails to overturn legal ban
Michael Shrimpton was jailed after communicating hoax bomb threats relating to the London Olympic Games.
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Firm’s boss misled investors in £19m failed claims scheme
Lancashire solicitor denied misuse of litigation funders' monies but struck off by tribunal.
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Veteran solicitor fined for transferring £290,000 to wrong bank account
Sole practitioner expressed regret after allowing what were described as ’basic administration problems’.
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Solicitor fined for undervalued property sale between couple
Law firm founder made insufficient checks as elderly lady sold property to 34-year-old live-in partner.
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Judiciary seeks SDT recruitment scrutineer
Revelation appears in new protocol for the appointment of members of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.
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Accountant jailed for £400k City firm fraud banned from working in law
Management accountant dishonestly appropriated £400,000 from international firm Clyde & Co.
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Fake signature trainee to appeal ban decision in the High Court
Henna Zeb Khan represented herself at two-day Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal hearing in February.
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Struck-off junior solicitor Claire Matthews to have case re-heard by SDT
Claire Matthews granted another hearing after medical evidence presented to the SRA.
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Former Cubism boss banned after falsely invoicing clients to prop up firm
Andrew Pena expresses remorse for actions in the build-up to collapse of his firm.
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SRA to bear £65k costs of bungled Hong Kong prosecution
In case centring on defective translation, tribunal did not accept solicitor was calling for political opponents to be killed.
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Court dismisses appeal by solicitor banned over foreign harassment convictions
Former solicitor argued he had been subject to ‘extreme and cruel’ provocation from the woman he was found to have harassed.
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Solicitor who misled new employer avoids permanent ban
Practitioner told firm he needed to serve a month’s notice when he had already been dismissed.
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Tribunal slashes SRA costs over ‘inordinate’ number of lawyers
Regulator applied for £42,600 costs for 'very straightforward' SDT strike-off case.