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Thursday 25 September 2025

Hearing

Before Ms A Banks, Mrs L Murphy, Ms L Hawkins
Chair Ms A Banks
Clerk Mr R Dhanowa

Cases

Respondent Steven David Simpkins
Applicant Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd
Type of hearing Case Management Hearing
Respondent Sarah Louise Kearney
Applicant Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd
Type of hearing Case Management Hearing (Hearing of Application in Private – Announcement of Outcome [if applicable] in public)
Respondent Susilla Diane Mercer
Applicant Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd
Type of hearing Case Management Hearing
Respondent Sohail Bashir
Applicant Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd
Type of hearing Case Management Hearing

Location details

Location: Virtual Room 6
Zoom link: Access now
Meeting ID: 644 3754 6175
Passcode: 410159

This notice relates to hearings which will be held remotely. Please do not attend as you will not be able to access the hearing from the Tribunal’s office.

To ensure smooth running of the hearing:

  • Please ensure you turn off your camera and mute your microphone when joining the hearing
  • You are not permitted to make an audio or video recording of the hearing without the Tribunal’s permission, and you must not take screen shots or still photographs of the hearing.
  • Live tweeting is not permitted during the hearing and the Tribunal reserves the right not to readmit you to the hearing if live tweeting is discovered.
  • Any recording request will be provided in audio format only after the hearing.

If any part of the hearing takes place in private you will be immediately placed in a waiting room, until public access to the hearing resumes.

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