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Immigration lawyer who misled court suspended indefinitely
Tuesday, 1 August 2017A solicitor who misled the court over the ‘student’ status of a client has been suspended indefinitely by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. The tribunal heard that the client told Mansoor Ali that he had been “paying money to agents” to get certificates from universities, with the aim of getting indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
Tags: immigration advice, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Solicitors Regulation Authority
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“No reason” for sharp rise in interventions, SRA says
Friday, 28 July 2017The Solicitors Regulation Authority has said it cannot explain why the number of interventions into law firms in the first five months of 2017 was twice the figure for the same period last year. The regulator said there was also a “noticeable increase” in the size of firm.
Tags: interventions, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Solicitors Regulation Authority
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SDT strikes off solicitor for falsely claiming to work at former firm
Thursday, 27 July 2017The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has struck off a senior solicitor for dishonestly holding himself out as working for his former firm and falsely stating that he had sent out fewer letters on the firm’s notepaper than he knew to be the case.
Tags: Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
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Family lawyer who confessed “within hours” to faking letter is fined £2,000
Thursday, 27 July 2017A solicitor who confessed to his law firm that he had faked a letter “within hours” of sending it to a client, has been fined £2,000 by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Ian Giddings, based at the Warwick office of national family firm Woolley & Co, admitted creating and backdating the letter.
Tags: regulatory settlement agreement, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
Solicitor who used office account “as personal account” is struck off
Friday, 21 July 2017A sole practitioner who did not have a client account and admitted using his office account “at times as a personal account” has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. The tribunal heard that Michael Healey, based in Liverpool, misappropriated over £31,000 of client money before going bankrupt.
Tags: Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Finance, Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
SDT strikes off solicitor for dishonesty after 45 years of practice
Monday, 19 June 2017The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has struck off a solicitor for dishonestly backdating enduring powers of attorney and claiming to have witnessed signatures “to save clients money” after an unblemished career of more than 40 years. He also failed to return money to a client for at least six years and used some of it for the benefit of another client.
Tags: Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
Clerk who pursued PI claims against wishes of clients banned by SDT
Friday, 16 June 2017A clerk who pursued personal injury claims against the wishes of his clients has been banned from working for law firms by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. Michael Davis said he was acting “in accordance with office procedures” and was managing up to 400 live cases at any one time.
Tags: personal injury, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Solicitors Regulation Authority
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SDT strikes off dishonest solicitor for second time after deceiving lenders about who was doing their work
Wednesday, 14 June 2017A solicitor has been struck off for the second time and ordered to pay costs of almost £66,000 after dishonestly misleading mortgage lenders in order to service clients of a firm which was excluded from lenders’ panels. He also allowed his client account to be used as an escrow banking facility to lend credibility to dubious transactions involving diamonds and fine art.
Tags: Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
Partners at Yorkshire firm fined over conflicts of interest
Friday, 9 June 2017Two partners who acted both for former clients of a law firm shut down by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and for one of that firm’s solicitors have been fined by a disciplinary tribunal. However, they had to accept higher fines than had been agreed with the regulator to satisfy the tribunal’s view of the seriousness of their misconduct.
Tags: conflicts of interest, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Solicitors Regulation Authority
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Partners who were “authors of their own misfortune” fined £35,000 by SDT
Thursday, 8 June 2017Two partners at a high street firm have each been fined £35,000 by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal for multiple accounts rule breaches – very much at the higher end of the financial penalties it usually hands out. One was also found to have breached the money laundering regulations and both failed to act with integrity.
Tags: money laundering, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Solicitors Regulation Authority
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