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SDT shows leniency to solicitor who faked sick note
Monday, 7 January 2019An experienced solicitor escaped with an indefinite suspension after a tribunal accepted her plea that she had falsified a client’s sick note while suffering from mental ill-health.
Tags: Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Posted in Latest news, Solicitors
Solicitor “led judge to believe” she was a barrister
Monday, 17 December 2018An experienced solicitor-advocate has been struck off for misleading a judge that she was a barrister and then misleading the solicitors on the other side who questioned her behaviour.
Tags: Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
Solicitor struck off over housing benefit conviction
Wednesday, 7 November 2018An experienced solicitor has been struck off after being conviction of fraudulently claiming housing benefit when she had savings that made her ineligible.
Tags: Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
Solicitor fined over actions when receiving legacies from clients
Wednesday, 26 September 2018An experienced solicitor has been fined £7,500 over misconduct in relation to clients who left him gifts in their wills, including a house that later sold for £478,000.
Tags: Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
Disciplined solicitor blames failings on legal aid cuts
Tuesday, 25 September 2018A criminal sole practitioner has been fined for offences which he blamed on having dispensed with his accounts manager after the firm suffered from legal aid cuts.
Tags: Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Posted in Latest news, Solicitors
Alcoholic solicitor struck off for stealing fees from clients
Friday, 3 August 2018A solicitor with alcohol problems who took thousands of pounds in cash payments from clients and dishonestly failed to declare them to his firm has been struck off.
Tags: Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
Solicitor falsely billed law firms to feed cocaine habit
Monday, 30 July 2018A solicitor who was convicted of fraudulently submitting false invoices for police station work to fund his cocaine habit has been struck off.
Tags: Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Posted in Latest news, Solicitors
Solicitor fined after “misleading” website went live
Friday, 20 July 2018A solicitor has been fined for allowing a misleading website to appear, purporting to suggest he ran an award-winning multi-national firm when he did not.
Tags: Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
Solicitor ended murder appeal without instructions and “disrespected the court”
Thursday, 28 June 2018A solicitor has been fined £12,500 for improperly ending a client’s appeal against her murder conviction without instructions and then repeatedly ignoring the appeal court’s invitation to explain his actions.
Tags: Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Posted in Latest news, Solicitors, Uncategorized
Solicitor unable to cope struck off for backdating letters “to buy time”
Monday, 25 June 2018A young personal injury solicitor who dishonestly backdated 23 documents over a nine-month period to conceal inactivity as she supposedly struggled to keep on top of her workload, has been struck off.
Tags: Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Posted in Latest news, Solicitors
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Keeping the conversation going beyond Pride Month
As I reflect on all the celebrations of Pride Month 2024, I ask myself why there remains hesitancy amongst LGBTQ+ staff members about when it comes to being open about their identity in the workplace.
Third-party managed accounts: Your key questions answered
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has given strong indications that it is headed towards greater restrictions on law firms when it comes to handling client money.
Understanding vicarious trauma in the legal workplace
Vicarious trauma can happen to anyone who works with clients who have experienced trauma such as domestic or other violence, child abuse, sexual assault, torture or being a refugee.
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