Sarah Waddington Solicitors - Reputation Crash
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6 bad reviews by authorities for Sarah Waddington Solicitors Ltd
The information is compiled from the Legal Ombudsman website
Date 14/08/18
Adverse finding
Outcome: Delay, Failure to advise, Failure to keep informed, Failure to progress
To refund fees already paid,
To pay compensation for emotional impact and/or disruption caused,
To refund fees already paid, To ref
The information is compiled from the Legal Ombudsman website
Date 14/08/18
Adverse finding
Outcome: Delay, Failure to advise, Failure to keep informed, Failure to progress
To refund fees already paid, to pay compensation for emotional impact and/or disruption caused, To refund fees already paid,
The information is compiled from the Legal Ombudsman website
Date 30/07/18
Adverse finding
Outcome: Failure to keep informed
To pay compensation for emotional impact and/or disruption caused
The information is compiled from the Legal Ombudsman website
Date 30/07/18
Outcome: Failure to keep informed
To pay compensation for emotional impact and/or disruption caused
Adverse finding
The information is compiled from the Legal Ombudsman website
Date 21/05/18
Outcome: Failure to keep informed, Failure to progress
To pay compensation for emotional impact and/or disruption caused
Compiled from data from the Solicitors Regulation Authority website
The information is compiled from the Legal Ombudsman website
Date 07/03/17
Outcome: Condition
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Mr John Gerald Hurley's practising certificate for 2016/2017 has been issued free from conditions.