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Originally Posted by Unregistered
I doubt those trainees (now lawyers) will be punished. They might be asked to jump through additional hoops by Law Soc or AGC before being able to carry on practice, but ultimately in this case they bear no fault. The most likely explanation here is that the SS was careless or intentionally ignored the LPA requirements, in either case he will be the one getting ****. There's no way the trainees could have verified his PC history.
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Actually the onus is on the trainee to check whether their SS qualifies to be a SS in the first place. My batch mates and I made it a point to check.
Granted the SS is at fault too if he/she doesn’t meet the requirements.
But you just don’t find any sub par lawyer to be your SS.