Tag: Solicitors Regulation Authority

Young Legal Aid Lawyers: SRA must reintroduce mandatory minimum trainee pay
Enforceable salary requirements ditched by SRA in 2014

SRA spent £3.1 million on failed Leigh Day case — here’s what it could have bought instead
Yacht, private island or a seemingly endless supply of Nando's?

AI isn’t about cutting solicitor numbers, says SRA
While regulator attacked over SQE for doing 'violence to the law'

Law Society likes tweet criticising SRA’s new digital badge
Then unlikes it

Don’t become ‘hired guns’ for clients, regulator warns solicitors
SRA reminds lawyers to adhere to professional obligations, particularly when drafting NDAs

Solicitor who told SRA to shove costs bill up its ‘arse’ is struck off
Luke Venton also sent expletive-filled emails to former colleagues and a recruitment agency

Junior solicitor whose hair fell out as she struggled to meet billing targets struck off after successful SRA appeal
Sovani James handed two-year ban earlier this year for faking documents

SRA launches Facebook page to help demystify solicitor super-exam
Regulator revealed last week SQE could cost up to £4,500

New solicitor super-exam ‘likely’ to cost between £3,000 – £4,500
But SRA delays implementation date until September 2021, one year later than previously proposed

SRA director of policy and education to leave ahead of super-exam roll out
Crispin Passmore to go at the end of the year, regulator confirms

Dentons could face SDT over dismissal of recruitment manager while on maternity leave
Bina Hale was made redundant while on maternity leave

SRA loses High Court appeal over failed Leigh Day prosecution
Two partners and junior solicitor previously cleared of wrongdoing in Iraqi torture case

High Court quadruples suspension of City lawyer convicted of Christmas party sex assault
Alastair Main reportedly poured beer over his victim’s head and called her an 'Australian slut'

Legal consultant fined £2,000 for leaving confidential client papers in his front garden
His current whereabouts are unknown

SRA awarded £700,000 to fund ‘robolawyer’ projects
Taxpayers' cash will help support AI innovations within the legal services sector

Super-exam cost revealed before Christmas, says SRA
As Kaplan's SQE director defends multiple choice format

Phone-hacking lawyer Mark Lewis to face disciplinary tribunal over ‘offensive’ social media posts
The allegations are as of yet unproven

SRA picks Kaplan to deliver new solicitor super-exam
Eight-year deal

Family solicitor suspended from practice for glassing ex-boyfriend
She was convicted of ABH

SRA issues warning over scam emails misusing the names Osborne Clarke and Herbert Smith Freehills
It's not the first time that a firm's identity has been used in this way

‘I was no longer able to cope’: Junior solicitor who backdated 23 letters ‘to buy time’ is struck off
She’d only been qualified for three years