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A solicitor jailed for smuggling drugs and mobile phones into prisons for inmates was last week struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT). He took the contraband into prisons using oversized shoes.

A Lancashire solicitor has been struck off after misusing more than £400,000 of client monies to prop up her ailing firm. Kimberley Bridge was struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal this week for nine counts of dishonesty.

The six lawyer groups that advise the Solicitors Regulation Authority on its equality and diversity strategy have condemned as “fundamentally flawed” last week’s report on the disproportionate representation of black and minority ethnic solicitors in the regulator’s disciplinary work.

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has taken the unusual step of striking out a case against two solicitors in the middle of the hearing, after the integrity of the investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority was thrown into question.

A consultation on a fresh attempt by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to increase its powers to fine law firms has closed with familiar battle lines drawn, with the Legal Services Board backing the move and the Law Society opposing it.