All SDT articles
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NewsSDT declines late application to open 'SLAPP' case to public
Panel had considered objections to private sitting decision - following the breach of an anonymity order - a month earlier.
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NewsSolicitor cleared over cut-price sale of 82-year-old's home
SDT says practitioners cannot be expected to second-guess instructions of client with full mental capacity.
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NewsSolicitor lied to secure a company loan
Conduct was relevant to professional standing even though director was not practising at the time, tribunal finds.
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FeatureDecisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
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NewsSolicitor cleared of any wrongdoing over costs
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal finds schedule ‘reflected the agreement in place at the relevant time’.
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NewsSolicitor's 'cherished' sole practice destroyed by fraudsters
Owner of Oxfordshire firm suspended for 18 months after failing to carry out 'rudimentary identity checks'.
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NewsImmigration solicitor struck off after admitting misleading asylum client
Partner’s removal from the roll was the ‘only appropriate and proportionate sanction’, SDT says.
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NewsMagic circle junior who lied in his pupillage application struck off
Former Slaughter and May associate claimed to have won prize for best overall performance during his final Cambridge year.
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NewsSolicitor who advised both prosecution witness and defendant suspended
Criminal defence lawyer’s two-month suspension, imposed by the SDT, commenced in July this year.
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NewsFirm boss struck off for taking client money and issuing bad cheques
Immigration firm sole principal who misappropriated £160,000 admits all allegations against him.
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NewsEx-solicitor fails in costly bid to return to profession
Tribunal says former sole practitioner has refused to acknowledge that original findings were correct.
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NewsStrike-off for misleading divorce client and firm
Solicitor of 18 years maintained pretence for three months that she was awaiting requested information.
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NewsEx-solicitor caught in immigration sting barred from further litigation
Former practitioner struck off in 2023 has an ‘inability to accept defeat’, High Court finds following nine totally without merit orders.
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FeatureDecisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
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News‘SLAPPs’ SDT case to be heard in private following anonymity order breach
Three-person panel found it could not ‘adequately protect’ client privilege in a public session following breach by newspaper.
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NewsPI solicitor struck off for concealing 'catastrophic' medical records
Solicitor of 23 years feared that medical records would open client up to 'fundamental dishonesty' attack.
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NewsManager of firm caught in Mail sting sanctioned for 'woeful' staff supervision
Duncan Ellis solicitor said his approach to supervision ‘was to avoid micromanagement’, but the SDT found he had been reckless.