Afirm owner has been suspended for one month after he employed a legal assistant who had section 43 restrictions imposed on his employment.
SRA
Source: Jonathan Goldberg
Oliver James Saxon, admitted in May 2012, was alleged in 2021 to have failed to ensure that Tyto Law Limited, of which he was owner, director, manager, and compliance officer, complied with a section 43 order that no recognised body should employ or remunerate Ben Moore except with the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s permission.
Saxon was also accused of failing to provide accurate information to the SRA in an application form seeking the regulator’s permission to employ Moore, causing or permitting the firm to continue to employ or remunerate Moore in ‘knowing contravention’ of the restriction and failing to ensure the conditions imposed by the SRA on its approval of Moore’s employment were met.