Slapper slapped
High Court sets aside disciplinary finding against solicitor
A media lawyer who was fined £50,000 for professional misconduct and ordered to pay £260,000 in costs after writing to a journalist in 2022 on behalf of the then chancellor of the exchequer Nadim Zahawi has succeeded in having his disciplinary finding and penalty set aside.
The High Court condemned a ruling by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal as “ins…
