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Welcome to 39 Essex Chambers
39 Essex Chambers is a leading set based in London, Manchester, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Our barristers offer a depth of expertise in a range of specialist sectors and practice areas.
Practice Areas
- Administrative & Public
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Banking & Finance
- Civil Liability
- Clinical Negligence
- Commercial
- Construction
- Costs & Litigation Funding
- Court of Protection
- EU Law
- Inquiries & Investigations
- Intellectual Property
- International Arbitration
- International Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Planning, Environment & Property
- Regulatory & Disciplinary
- Tax
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SRA Legal
What our barristers offer
The Legal Services Act 2007 has transformed the market, and the regulatory structure of the delivery of legal services. Members at the Regulatory and Disciplinary team have been at the forefront of this revolution, and have written extensively on the topics (e.g. Outcome-focused Regulation – A Practical Guide (2011) and The Solicitor’s Handbook 2012).
Recent significant cases:
- Advising and representing the Solicitors Regulation Authority in relation to challenges to interventions, prosecutions in the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and related judicial reviews and other proceedings.
- Advising the newly-created Legal Services Board since 2010.
- Advising solicitors and non-solicitors on the opportunities and practical implications of Alternative Business Structures (including the training of non-lawyer owners of ABSs as to their roles and duties once their licence application has been approved).
- Advising solicitors and others in relation to the referral fee ban introduced by the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
- Advising solicitors as to the ramifications of the move to outcome-focused regulation and the new Code of Conduct in October 2011.
- Advising solicitors as to the regulatory issues surrounding their involvement in tax avoidance schemes.
- Advising and acting on behalf of individual solicitors and entities facing disciplinary proceedings in the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and in statutory appeals against decisions of the SDT.
- Advising solicitors entering into regulatory settlement agreements with the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
- Advising and drafting representations on behalf of solicitors embroiled in regulatory issues with the SRA, such as potential disciplinary proceedings, the suitability test for entry into the profession, and the imposition of practising certificate conditions.
- Advising on and appearing in judicial review proceedings against legal regulators.
- Advising and appearing in court cases arising out of interventions into solicitors’ practices by the SRA.
- Advising and appearing on behalf of barristers facing disciplinary proceedings brought against them by the Bar Standards Board.
- Advising and appearing on behalf of the Institute of Legal Executives.
- Providing advice and assistance to lawyers in other jurisdictions (e.g. Brunei, Singapore, Hong Kong, the West Indies).
Who to contact
Peter Campbell is the Senior Practice Manager for the SRA Legal team and will, along with the clerking team below, be able to help you with any questions.
Peter Campbell
Call: +44 (0)20 7832 1124
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