Accountability for the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) failures in its supervision of SSB Law “must go further”, the group representing its former clients has said.

There have also been calls for resignations at the top of the regulator, while the person who helped a whistleblower pass their concerns to the SRA has spoken out about the experience.

As we reported extensively yesterday, a review commissioned by the Legal Services Board (LSB) concluded that the SRA “missed opportunities” to step in at the Sheffield-based law firm much earlier than it did in October 2023.

The oversight regulator is now to take enforcement action in the form of a public censure of the SRA and imposing performance targets.

The SRA has apologised but chair Anna Bradley insisted that resignations would

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