Since October 2019, the LSRA has had the statutory duty to publish findings of misconduct made against solicitors by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal and the High Court on its website.

• View findings of misconduct since October 2019

Inaccurate AI-generated information

It has come to the attention of the Law Society that an internet search engine deploying AI-technology is generating inaccurate information in relation to disciplinary findings against solicitors.

This issue has been raised with the service provider concerned.

Publication policy

The Law Society has developed a publication policy for this website that is linked to the severity of sanction imposed. This policy provides for the ongoing publication of the most serious sanctions and the publication of less serious findings and related sanctions for specified periods of time. 

• Where the finding includes a sanction to strike the solicitor’s name off the roll of solicitors the order will remain published indefinitely.
• Where a finding includes an order to suspend the solicitor’s practising certificate the finding will be published for the duration of the period of suspension or three years, whichever is the longer.
• Where the finding includes a sanction to impose a condition upon a solicitor’s practising certificate that finding will be published for a period of 3 years, or the duration of time specified in the order, whichever is the longer.
• All other findings of misconduct will be published for a period of three years.

 By law, findings of misconduct are made against individual solicitors, not firms of solicitors.