UK · SDTCourt order
Solicitor struck off for practicing more than a year without indemnity insurance
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has struck off sole practitioner Andrew Lee, who kept acting for clients for more than a year after his North London firm's professional indemnity insurance expired, Legal Futures reported on October 15, 2026. The tribunal found him dishonest for practising without cover, failing to tell clients the position and misleading the SRA about one client, and also found he failed to cooperate with the regulator. It ordered him to pay £45,100 in costs.
Key points
- Prometheus Law's insurance expired at the end of March 2022, and the SRA shut the North London firm in July 2023.Legal Futures
- The tribunal said that by the end of June 2022 at the latest, Lee knew the firm had to cease practice.Legal Futures
- He continued to act for some clients privately after the firm was shut down.Legal Futures
- In April 2023 he sent a client an engagement letter enclosing the firm's terms of business.Legal Futures
- Lee admitted the conduct but denied dishonesty, saying he was focused on saving the firm.Legal Futures