Susanna Heley

Susanna Heley

Susanna Heley is a partner at Weightmans LLP. Susanna specialises in regulatory law and professional disciplinary work for solicitors and other legal professionals, in addition to general commercial litigation. 

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    Under investigation

    2024-10-14T10:56:00

    Susanna Heley outlines what to expect when the SRA decides to investigate or take disciplinary action

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    Value judgement

    2024-07-11T00:00:00

    Susanna Heley considers the increasingly broad range of ethical obligations applying to individuals and firms

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    A fair hearing?

    2023-10-05T09:50:00

    Susanna Heley and Nigel West consider the SRA’s recent guidance on its approach to fines and decision-making in disciplinary cases, and outline some of the practical issues this raises

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    Fake news

    2023-01-16T00:00:00

    Susanna Heley considers a real case where a solicitor found themselves in the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT). A series of breaches of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Standards and Regulations were alleged, including falsifying posts on social media

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    Better safe than sorry – risk for litigators during coronavirus

    2020-05-06T13:23:00

    In a short time, the world has changed significantly for litigators. Susanna Heley reviews the latest risks you need to plan for as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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    (Mis)conducting litigation

    2019-02-11T21:53:00

    What do you need to know when engaging with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on questions of professional conduct? Susanna Heley explains.