United Kingdom solicitors disciplineprivate lifearticle 8

Beckwith v SRA

[2020] EWHC 3231 (Admin)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHigh Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division (Divisional Court / Administrative Court)

Year2020

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A solicitor's conduct in his or her private life can found a disciplinary breach of the SRA Principles only where that conduct 'realistically touches' on the practice of the profession; regulatory Principles must be construed with sufficient certainty and cannot be used to police private life that has no real professional dimension.

Area of Law

General

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