Bournemouth and Poole College and the Wessex Youth Orchestra: uncomfortable evidence (1: poor cooperation/excessive pressure)

(Post made at 2131 UK GMT time on 04 Nov 2018 in a personal capacity. Please see here for important background and disclosure of interests). This is just part of the evidence that I presented to the College and the "Independent Investigator" during my formal complaint of May 2017. Evidence which the investigator (from View HR Ltd) … Continue reading Bournemouth and Poole College and the Wessex Youth Orchestra: uncomfortable evidence (1: poor cooperation/excessive pressure) →

Suffice it to say that dishonesty by a solicitor is a very serious matter

Courts and regulators (quite rightly) take an extremely dim view of solicitors who fail to tell the truth or conceal matters. - See this post and this one. This is because as the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) says: the public should be able to trust a solicitor "to the ends of the earth" (see here).

A dishonest solicitor jailed

(Post made at 1638 UK BST time on 13 Oct 2018 in a personal capacity. Please see here for important background and disclosure of interests). Hat tip to well known barrister Matthew Scott, who writes on Twitter under the handle @BarristerBlog (see here for the tweet and here for the related article) "An innocent client who didn't … Continue reading A dishonest solicitor jailed →

Today I reported a solicitor to the SRA

(Post made at 2242 UK BST time on 11 Oct 2018 in a personal capacity. Please see here for important background and disclosure of interests). I never thought I would need to report a solicitor to the UK regulator, the Solicitors Regulation Authority or SRA. Today I did so, in line with my duty as a member … Continue reading Today I reported a solicitor to the SRA →

Bournemouth and Poole deserves a College (that shares its name) with far better management and accountability

(Post made at 1620 UK BST time on 6 Oct 2018 in a personal capacity. Please see here for important background and disclosure of interests). This site now has a proper domain: https://improvebpcollege.com. I'm proud of Bournemouth and have loved living here for just over 20 years now. It is a matter of great concern and shame … Continue reading Bournemouth and Poole deserves a College (that shares its name) with far better management and accountability →

“but at the length truth will out”

(Post made at 1500 UK BST time on 6 Oct 2018 in a personal capacity. Please see here for important background and disclosure of interests). As William Shakespeare says in The Merchant of Venice, the truth eventually comes out.

“We do not tolerate dishonesty within the profession we regulate” (SRA)

(Post made at 1413 UK BST time on 6 Oct 2018 in a personal capacity. Please see here for important background and disclosure of interests). From the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)'s website about suspected dishonesty of a solicitor (the bold emphasis is mine): We do not tolerate dishonesty within the profession we regulate. Those we regulate … Continue reading “We do not tolerate dishonesty within the profession we regulate” (SRA) →