The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has fined a partner from listed U.K. top 50 firm Knights in relation to earlier convictions for assault and drink driving.

Simon Trees, a partner in the firm’s disputes resolution team, was convicted earlier this year after being charged with assault by beating. On August 23 2021, Trees “pushed and grabbed the arm of another person during a brief altercation at his private residence”, according to the SRA’s decision published earlier this week.