A&T Legal Limited
(Leaside Law)
Office 1, Church Lane Chambers, 11-12 Church Lane, London
, E11 1HG
Recognised body
654548
Decision - Fined
Outcome: Fine
Outcome date: 15 January 2024
Published date: 26 February 2024
Firm details
Firm or organisation at date of publication
Name: A & T Legal Ltd
Address(es): Office 1, Church Lane Chambers, 11-12 Church Lane, London,
Firm ID: 654548
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
A & T LEGAL LTD was directed to pay a fixed financial penalty of £1,500 and costs of £150.
Reasons/basis
A & T LEGAL LTD is a recognised body whose office is at Office 1, Church Lane Chambers, 11-12 Church Lane, London, E11 1HG.
Firms are expected to take the necessary steps to run their business or carry out their role in a way that encourages equality of opportunity and respect for diversity.
Firms are also required to respond promptly to the SRA and provide full and accurate information following a request or requirement. This includes the requirement to monitor, report and publish workforce diversity data in a prescribed way.
A & T LEGAL LTD failed to:
- submit to the SRA its workforce diversity data after the SRA asked it to do so in breach of paragraph 3.3(a) of the Code of Conduct for Firms.
The firm continued to breach this requirement after the SRA directed it to pay a fixed financial penalty of £750.
Decision - Fined
Outcome: Fine
Outcome date: 27 November 2023
Published date: 11 January 2024
Firm details
No detail provided:
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Decision details A & T Legal Ltd was directed to pay a fixed financial penalty of £750 and costs of £150.
Reasons/basis
A & T Legal Ltd is a recognised body whose office is at Office 1, Church Lane Chambers, 11-12 Church Lane, London, E11 1HG.
Firms are expected to take the necessary steps to run their business or carry out their role in a way that encourages equality of opportunity and respect for diversity.
Firms are also required to respond promptly to the SRA and provide full and accurate information following a request or requirement. This includes the requirement to monitor, report and publish workforce diversity data in a prescribed way.
A & T Legal Ltd failed to:
- submit to the SRA its workforce diversity data after the SRA asked it to do so
in breach of paragraph 3.3(a) of the Code of Conduct for Firms.
The firm failed to remedy this breach after being given notice and reasonable time in which to do so.
Decision - Fined
Outcome: Fine
Outcome date: 28 November 2022
Published date: 19 January 2023
Firm details
No detail provided:
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
A&T Legal Limited (trading as Leaside Law) is a recognised body whose office is at Old Poplar Library, 45 Gillender Street, London E14 6RN.
The SRA Transparency Rules came into effect on 6 December 2018. They require all firms authorised and regulated by the SRA to display specified information on their websites if they provide certain types of legal services. The purpose of the Transparency Rules is to ensure people have accurate and relevant information about a solicitor or firm when they are considering purchasing legal services. They are intended to help members of the public and small businesses make informed choices, improving competition in the legal market.
The firm failed to publish mandatory details about costs and its complaints procedure in breach of rules 1.1 and 2.1 of the Transparency Rules. It failed to display the SRA’s digital badge in breach of rule 4.1 of the Transparency Rules.
The firm was ordered to pay a financial penalty of £2,000 and costs of £600 and the following conditions were imposed on its authorisation:
- If the firm has a website that publishes as available any of the services specified in rules 1.3 or 1.4 of the Transparency Rules, it must provide evidence to the SRA’s reasonable satisfaction that, in respect of each of those services:
- it publishes the information specified in rule 1.5 of the Transparency Rules, and
- such information is clear and accessible and is in a prominent place on its website.
Such evidence must be provided to the SRA within 30 days of this condition coming into effect.
- If the firm has a website, it must provide evidence to the SRA’s reasonable satisfaction, that it is complying with rule 2.1 of the Transparency Rules (Complaints Information). Such evidence must be provided to the SRA within 30 days of this condition coming into effect.
- If the firm has a website, it must provide evidence to the SRA’s reasonable satisfaction that it publishes in a prominent position on its website, the SRA’s digital badge. Such evidence must be provided to the SRA within 30 days of this condition coming into effect.
Reasons/basis
Failure to comply with transparency rules.
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 28 November 2022
Published date: 8 December 2022
Firm details
No detail provided:
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
A&T Legal Limited (trading as Leaside Law) is a recognised body whose office is at Old Poplar Library, 45 Gillender Street, London E14 6RN.
The following conditions were imposed on A&T Legal Limited’s authorisation with immediate effect:
- If the firm has a website that publishes as available any of the services specified in rules 1.3 or 1.4 of the Transparency Rules, it must provide evidence to the SRA’s reasonable satisfaction that, in respect of each of those services:
- it publishes the information specified in rule 1.5 of the Transparency Rules, and
- such information is clear and accessible and is in a prominent place on its website. Such evidence must be provided to the SRA within 30 days of this condition coming into effect.
- If the firm has a website, it must provide evidence to the SRA’s reasonable satisfaction, that it is complying with rule 2.1 of the Transparency Rules (Complaints Information). Such evidence must be provided to the SRA within 30 days of this condition coming into effect.
- If the firm has a website, it must provide evidence to the SRA’s reasonable satisfaction that it publishes in a prominent position on its website, the SRA’s digital badge. Such evidence must be provided to the SRA within 30 days of this condition coming into effect.
Reasons/basis
The firm has failed to comply with the Transparency Rules
Other information
There is also a disciplinary decision but this is at the appeal stage currently and so will not be published as yet.