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The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has been ordered to pay £75,000 in costs after the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) found it made an "essential mistake of law" in its unsuccessful prosecution of solicitor Amie Tsang. Ms Tsang was accused of failing to advise hundreds of clients

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is seeking the authority to impose unlimited fines on firms when their solicitors are found to have engaged in serious misconduct. SRA board chair Anna Bradley made the request to Justice Secretary Alex Chalk in a letter to Mr Chalk concerning the investigat

A review by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) shows that some law firms need to do more to guard against the risk of strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) and other types of abusive litigation. Since the invasion of Ukraine, there has been significant public concern about

Current guidance for solicitors on reporting serious misconduct is legally deficient and lacks clarity, experts have warned. Researchers have written to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), calling for improved guidance on when and how lawyers need to internally and externally report or disclo

A litigation executive at DAC Beachcroft has been barred from the profession after naming a client on a Facebook post. A decision notice published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) said that Keith Howell also spent excessive time dealing with clients' matters and recording billable t

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has issued a warning to lawyers after a report highlighted the need for firms to be vigilant when advising on investment schemes following incidents in which poor practice left people at risk of falling victim to dubious schemes. The SRA's report looked at pa

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has found that a fifth of law firms in England and Wales are not compliant with the 2017 Money Laundering Regulations. In March, the SRA wrote to 400 firms asking them to demonstrate compliance with the regulations.

Lawyers from EU jurisdictions would no longer be offered preferential treatment when qualifying in England and Wales if the UK leaves the European Union without a deal.

A decision to prosecute a trainee solicitor for fraud even though she blew the whistle on her colleagues has been defended by officials. Emily Scott was struck from the roll by a disciplinary tribunal despite it acknowledging that she had exposed malpractice at the firm in north Lincolnshire and tha