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DWF trainee barred from practice following ‘gross misconduct’
A trainee lawyer at global firm DWF LLP has been barred from practice by the UK Solicitors Regulation Authority over two years after her dismissal from the firm for “gross misconduct”.
Jerome Doraisamy
Haley Tansey, who was employed as a paralegal and then a trainee solicitor between October 2014 and September 2017, was dismissed from DWF for gross misconduct before her training contract finished.
The SRA further found that she had breached numerous SRA principles and failed to meet required standards of its code of conduct.
As such, she was given a written rebuke and ordered to pay £2,000 and the SRA’s costs amounting to £1,350.
Moreover, an order was made – pursuant to the UK Solicitors Act 1974 – that she not be employed or remunerated by a solicitor or recognised legal body, except with permission from The Law Society.
Lawyers Weekly approached a spokesperson for the DWF offices in Australia for comment, but one was not received at the time of filing this story. A firm spokesperson did tell UK-based legal media outlet The Lawyer, however, that “We are pleased that the SRA’s decision is consistent with our own findings and that the matter can now be brought to a close.”
Jerome Doraisamy
Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly and HR Leader. He has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. In June 2024, he also assumed the editorship of HR Leader. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation.
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