All SDT articles – Page 20
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Tribunal under fire for protecting solicitors through non-disclosure
SDT says non-parties to cases cannot have an automatic right to see documents used in prosecutions.
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Junior lawyers ‘lose confidence’ in SRA after Matthews prosecution
JLD chair says the regulator must review its policy on junior lawyers who report mental health issues.
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Baker McKenzie: QC calls SRA case ‘unnecessary’
Hearings in long-running disciplinary case against firm and three former executives concluded last week.
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SDT to deliver verdict on Baker McKenzie case in June
Solicitors Regulation Authority defends prosecution as substantive hearing draws to a close.
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Baker McKenzie: QC defends ‘inappropriate’ emails
Messages were taken out of context and out of order, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal hears.
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Baker's QC accuses SRA of 'moving the goalposts'
Firm's closing submissions warn of 'chilling effect' from any finding of misconduct.
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Baker McKenzie: 'Failed pass' was not professional misconduct, QC says
Many relationships in law firms form between junior and senior colleagues, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal hears.
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Former Baker McKenzie bosses disagree over SRA conversation
Management committee 'took counsel' on whether to report Gary Senior case to regulator, tribunal told.
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Former Baker McKenzie HR chief 'could not rely on GC not to gossip'
Tribunal hears that general counsel was kept out of decision-making circle over settlement agreement.
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Baker McKenzie boss 'would have been suspended today', tribunal hears
Former HR chief said the situation was 'very hard to manage' with Gary Senior still in the office.
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Baker McKenzie hearing returns in virtual SDT courtroom
Former human resources head says he was not involved in sanctioning Gary Senior.
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Exclusive: Struck-off junior files appeal with pro bono help
Claire Matthews says she wants to highlight mental health issues in the legal profession.
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Lawyers make pro bono appeal offer to struck-off briefcase junior
Hunt is on to trace former junior lawyer who was banned by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.
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Delay Baker McKenzie case until autumn, SDT urged
Unfair for final respondent to give evidence via video link, Jonathan Laidlaw QC tells tribunal.
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Baker McKenzie case returns to tribunal - via Zoom
Plans being made for most SDT cases in the coming weeks to be heard remotely.
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Junior solicitor banned for lies about briefcase left on a train
Practitioner had been qualified for less than a year when she lied to her firm about what had happened to sensitive documents.
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Solicitor who cashed £4,700 into personal account struck off
Tribunal found the solicitor’s conduct was a ‘complete departure from the integrity and probity required from solicitors’.
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Tribunal clears partner alleged to have patted colleague’s bottom
Judgment concludes Person A was ‘prone to exaggeration and embellishment'.
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Owner turned ‘Nelsonian blind eye’ to dodgy PI claims
Solicitor struck off and ordered to pay £55,000 after putting referrers’ interests above those of his clients.
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Seeing ‘Person A’
A record number of sexual harassment and assault cases came before the SDT in 2019, with more promised in 2020. Is this tribunal the proper forum for these cases and how is it coping in what is unfamiliar territory? Eduardo Reyes reports