What’s wrong with SRA Guidance on Confidential Information

Graeme Johnston, Jenifer Swallow and I have written a paper on this topic which we have submitted to the SRA and can be downloaded here. It begins like this... The issue of lawyer involvement in wrongdoing has risen up in the public consciousness. A critical issue for lawyers is what to do when they face … Continue reading What’s wrong with SRA Guidance on Confidential Information

The Home Office: Collective failure, individual insouciance?

One of the issues I am interested in is whether the courts take ethical failure in legal proceedings seriously enough. This week brings forth an interesting example to consider.  The case is an immigration one, R (HM, MA & KH) v SSHD [2022] EWHC 2729 (Admin), and it concerns the Home Office's admitted breach of its … Continue reading The Home Office: Collective failure, individual insouciance?