Solicitors: Misrepresentation
The question
To ask the Solicitor General, how many people are prosecuted under s21 of the Solicitors Act 1974 each year.
Answered by Lucy Rigby
The Crown Prosecution Service holds data on the number of prosecutions where a charge has been authorised and reached a first hearing in the magistrates’ courts for specific offences.
The below table provides details of the number of offences charged under section 21 of the Solicitors Act 1974 in the last ten years.
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 (up to end of September) |
5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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