UK · SDTCourt order
SDT fines solicitor Nicholas Stojanovic £15,000 for misleading client about psychiatric report
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal fined Nicholas Nikola Stojanovic £15,000 and ordered him to pay £14,361 in costs after finding he repeatedly gave a clinical negligence client inaccurate information about a psychiatric report he had already received, Solicitor News reported on September 28, 2026. The tribunal found breaches of Principle 7 and the Code rule against misleading clients, but rejected allegations of dishonesty and lack of integrity. The final order was dated September 22, 2026.
Key points
- The SDT fined Nicholas Nikola Stojanovic £15,000 and ordered £14,361 in costs.Solicitor News
- At Ramsdens, he told a clinical negligence client a psychiatric report was still awaited after he had received it.Solicitor News
- He had received Dr Hosker's report on February 19, 2024, but misstated its status into May.Solicitor News
- The tribunal found breaches of Principle 7 and paragraph 1.4 of the SRA Code of Conduct, the rule against misleading clients.Solicitor News
- It rejected dishonesty and lack-of-integrity allegations, calling the approach fundamentally misguided.Solicitor News
- The final order was dated September 22, 2026.Solicitor News