All SDT articles – Page 16
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‘Relentless’: SDT sounds alarm on partner pressure
Firms must ensure the wellbeing of their partners who are under intense pressure to meet billing targets, tribunal observes.
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'Humanitarian' solicitor avoids strike-off – despite dishonesty
Tribunal found that respondent ‘had been trying to assist people’ at the time of his misconduct.
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Defence lawyer agrees strike-off over prison visit expenses
Matthew Smith said his conduct had been a ‘severe and serious lapse in judgement’.
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Solicitor banned over forged signatures on loan application
Practitioner had presented documents with forged signatures of his wife and ex-colleagues.
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Ex-boss of London PI firm struck off over unpaid loans
Tribunal heard details of unpaid litigation funding and ATE insurance premiums.
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Backdating solicitor cleared of dishonesty but fined £50,000
Ex-Fieldfisher partner admitted letters had been recreated.
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Accused solicitor denies risking career by lying to help client
Former Fieldfisher equity partner tells tribunal he made a mistake but did not act dishonestly.
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Struck-off solicitor gets three years for SDLT theft
Former owner of West London firm filed 52 fraudulent returns over five years.
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‘Heavy-hitter’ equity partner accused of dishonesty at SDT
Former Fieldfisher partner denies misleading the court over creation of backdated documents.
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Solicitor found with 23 indecent images of children agrees to strike-off
Leicester practitioner was also growing five cannabis plants in his
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Solicitor jailed for ‘brutal’ assault avoids strike-off
Tribunal accepts solicitor showed genuine remorse and insight following GBH conviction.
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Firm owner with ‘dire’ accounts accepts two-year suspension
Tribunal finds Liverpool solicitor failed to maintain proper systems ‘at a most basic level’.
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Retired solicitor struck off for overcharging dead client’s estate
Tribunal rejects sole practitioner’s argument that he believed he was entitled to raise invoices.
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City partner struck off for inflating billing figures
Tribunal had ‘no doubt’ that the respondent had acted dishonestly when providing information about her financial performance.
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City partner 'invented' £1.4m billing figure, SDT hears
Case involves information given to Dentons and Hill Dickinson during their partner recruitment processes.
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SDT hears City partner grilled over ‘untrue’ billing figures
Case relates to information given to Dentons and Hill Dickinson during partner recruitment processes.
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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.