Striking-off draws near
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I shall soon be a struck-off non-practising solicitor. I explained why in a piece I published here in March.
Today, the regulator sent me a final warning:
Watch this space.
Update 21 June: It turns out that I am not going to be struck off after all, according to Paul Philip, chief executive of the Solicitors Regulation Authority. “Following a short period to collate the data, we will then issue removal notices to those customers who have not responded,” he told Neil Rose.
So that’s all right then. I’m not a solicitor losing a professional qualification; I’m a customer being removed from a database after an “overwhelmingly positive” process. So positive, in fact, that some 40% of non-practising “customers” currently on the roll will never need to trouble the regulator again.
Striking-off draws near
The thing that annoys me is that they will not put contact details on the website. I have not practised as a solicitor for some years but do continue as a Family Mediator (regulated by the Family Mediation Council/Family Mediation Standards Board) and it would help those who remember as a solicitor to be able to contact me. I have still coughed up though, because otherwise I would not be able to refer to the fact that I am a non-practising solicitor - I thought long and hard about it though...
Paul Kemp LLB FMCA Accredited Family Mediator non-practising (thank goodness) Solicitor
I also have been caught by this proposal BUT having made representations AGAINST being required to pay I have yet to receive any communication and certainly I am yet to receive the likes of Joshua’s letter.
Please advise! I am inclined to leave well alone since in the absence of any notification I must surely be entitled to describe myself as a Solicitor on the Roll.