The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has taken the highly unusual step of striking out for abuse of process the prosecution of five solicitors, after finding that the actions of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) had made it impossible for them to have a fair trial.
Making its decision after the SRA had presented its case, the SDT said the regulator had failed to put forward a “coherent or manageable case to answer”.
It agreed with the characterisation of the allegations “as having been placed in a kind of proximity with the facts but not always close to the facts and the burden had been shifted to the tribunal to sort out the charges”.
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Making its decision after the SRA had presented its case, the SDT said the regulator had failed to put forward a “coherent or manageable case to answer”.
It agreed with the characterisation of the allegations “as having been placed in a kind of proximity with the facts but not always close to the facts and the burden had been shifted to the tribunal to sort out the charges”.
Read the full Legal Futures article here
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