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News: SRA wins anonymity appeal
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has overturned an anonymity order made by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. The Tribunal made the order because it only found a respondent guilty of a technical breach of the Code of Conduct.
The SDT decided in November 2014 that just one of the seven allegations levelled against Richard Spector, a former member of ELS International Lawyers LLP, had been proven to the criminal standard of proof used by the SDT. The prosecution brought by the SRA also involved Darren Dale and former solicitor Joe Ezaz, who both also worked at ELS International.
Despite hearing taking up 15 days, all held in public, and Mr Spector's name appearing on the SDT's listings which are still available on the Tribunal's website, it decided that he should be retrospectively anonymised. It also directed that if the SRA was contacted by anyone who had not already been informed of the Tribunal appearance of Mr Spector, it could not mention it.
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The SDT decided in November 2014 that just one of the seven allegations levelled against Richard Spector, a former member of ELS International Lawyers LLP, had been proven to the criminal standard of proof used by the SDT. The prosecution brought by the SRA also involved Darren Dale and former solicitor Joe Ezaz, who both also worked at ELS International.
Despite hearing taking up 15 days, all held in public, and Mr Spector's name appearing on the SDT's listings which are still available on the Tribunal's website, it decided that he should be retrospectively anonymised. It also directed that if the SRA was contacted by anyone who had not already been informed of the Tribunal appearance of Mr Spector, it could not mention it.
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