Policing in the UK

Drewmanc said:
It did you're right but the rules on dickers in the early days were murky.
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Prior and during deployment, we were all given briefs on who we were looking for and who was looking for us. Anybody who came through that era knew exactly what you could and couldn’t do, which comes back to the point that you just cannot slot somebody who isn’t an immediate threat.

I do hope that the policeman involved in this incident is properly served and the circumstances are given full consideration. Emotion can never be taken out of a situation and even with years of experience, nobody is infalable.
 
Mr Kobayashi said:
How can you disbar a solicitor?
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Actually it does happen. Often people are called to the bar but don’t make the cut and get pupillage and then go on to cross qualify as a solicitor. They are still technically a (non-practising) barrister so in circumstances of egregious professional misconduct as a solicitor the Bar Standards Boards has to go through the charade of disbarring them, after the SRA has struck them off from the Roll of Solicitors.


If you go on the BSB website at past disciplinary findings you’ll find a few on there.

Here’s one:

Disciplinary Finding Details - Disciplinary Finding - Shazia Anjum - 11/23/2023

www.barstandardsboard.org.uk www.barstandardsboard.org.uk

Although overall the BSB are not as quick to disbar as the SRA are to strike off.
 
west didsblue said:
I’m finding it odd that people are criticising a lawyer for doing everything he can to represent his client. Lawyers aren’t there to take a balanced view. Their role is to try and get every advantage they can for their client. It’s up to a judge or jury to take a balanced view and apportion guilt.
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Absolutely wrong. Any lawyer’s principal and overriding professional duty is to the court, not their client. In circumstances where the two are in conflict, the court must take precedent, even if it means withdrawing from representing the client.

So they can’t try and ‘get every advantage they can for their client’, as that would conflict with their primary duty.
 
Mr Kobayashi said:
Solicitors aren't part of or regulated by the Bar association.

You mean struck off.

www.sra.org.uk

Solicitors Regulation Authority

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) regulates solicitors in England and Wales. Report a solicitor, check a solicitor's record or learn what to expect from your solicitor. Protecting consumers of legal services
www.sra.org.uk
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Bar association?
 
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