Solicitors: Misrepresentation

(asked on 25th February 2025) - View Source

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Solicitor General, how many people are prosecuted under s21 of the Solicitors Act 1974 each year.


Answered by
Lucy Rigby Portrait
Lucy Rigby
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
This question was answered on 7th March 2025

The Crown Prosecution Service holds data on the number of prosecutions where a charge has been authorised and reached a first hearing in the magistrates’ courts for specific offences.

The below table provides details of the number of offences charged under section 21 of the Solicitors Act 1974 in the last ten years.

2015

2016

2017

2018

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024 (up to end of September)

5

3

2

3

2

1

0

0

0

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