Nigel West

Nigel has acted for solicitors facing SRA investigations and disciplinary proceedings for over 20 years. He advises individual solicitors and law firms on all stages of the disciplinary process from SRA investigations to SDT proceedings and appeals. Many of the cases he defends involve allegations of lack of integrity and dishonesty, or breaches of the MLR or Accounts rules, and he is regularly asked to assist solicitors facing serious allegations which could have a long-term impact on their careers or the reputation of their firms.

The solicitors who instruct him range from partners in large international firms to solicitors at the start of their careers, and they all receive the same care and dedication on their cases. He is conscious of the need for confidentiality and the need to keep his clients (and his work) out of the limelight.

Nigel has acted as a Committee Member of the Law Society’s Regulatory Processes Committee and now acts as a Solicitors’ Representative on the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal Users Group.

Committee member of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal Users Group.

Member of the Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL).

Co-author of The Solicitors Handbook (the Law Society’s text book on solicitors professional conduct).

Co-author of the of The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal — law and practice (2022).

Co-author of SRA Investigations, Law Society (2024).

Contributing editor for Cordery on Legal Services (author of the section ‘How the SRA works’).

Contributing editor for Atkins Forms and Precedents (co-author of the section on legal services).

Cases editor for The Law Society’s Legal Compliance Bulletin.