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1. The High Court has ruled against the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) following a major challenge by Carter-Ruck and Mohamed Amersi to the regulator's investigative powers. 🧵

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2. Today’s judgment found that the SRA does not have power to compel the disclosure of legally privileged material during its investigations into alleged professional misconduct by lawyers.

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3. The judge ruled that the legislation relied on by the SRA was not "compellingly clear" that privilege could be overridden by the SRA, and noted that it was ultimately for Parliament to decide whether it would be desirable for the legal regulator to have the power it has until now assumed.

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4. This comes after London libel firm Carter-Ruck and their former client, businessman Mohamed Amersi, challenged the SRA, arguing that the legal regulator could not view legally privileged material without a waiver from the client who holds the privilege.

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5. Spotlight on Corruption has previously covered the challenge, outlining why these powers are crucial for the effective regulation of the legal sector. www.spotlightcorruption.org/legal-regula...

spotlightcorruption.orgHigh Court set to rule on legal regulator’s investigatory powersThe High Court is set to rule on a defining challenge to the powers of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) after London libel firm Carter Ruck and British businessman Mohamed Amersi contested wh...

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6. Spotlight calls for Parliament to legislate and expressly provide the SRA with this power, as well as the Financial Conduct Authority, which will be taking over supervision of the legal profession's compliance with anti-money laundering rules. www.spotlightcorruption.org/government-s...

spotlightcorruption.orgGovernment sets out its plan for making the FCA the super-regulator for money laundering - Spotlight on CorruptionAs the government lays out its plans for a major expansion of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) anti-money laundering (AML) supervision responsibilities, we look at how these proposals can be s...