The Solicitors Regulation Authority is pushing ahead with plans to introduce tougher sanctions and higher fines, following a consultation with the industry.
As part of a suite of changes, the regulator expects to target the harsher sanctions of “restrictions on practice, suspension or strike off” when dealing with issues of sexual misconduct, discrimination or any form of harassment, as opposed to financial penalties, which it will consider only in “exceptional circumstances”, it confirmed on Monday following a consultation on changes last year.
