JEARY & LEWIS LIMITED
SRA-regulated firm
- Head office address
- Chippenham View contact details
- Website
- jeary-lewis.co.uk
- Type of firm
- Recognised body since 01/11/2017, authorised for all legal services
- Regulator
- Solicitors Regulation Authority
- SRA number
- 643163
- Regulatory record
- Show regulatory record
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Important information
- The firm can provide all types of law, including reserved legal activities
- Everyone working in this firm must follow our rules
- If things go wrong, the firm must have insurance cover
- If things go wrong and your money is lost, our compensation fund may be able to reimburse you
- If things go wrong we may be able to get your documents and money back
Trading names lists the names this firm uses now. Previous names lists names this firm has used in the past.
These are the SRA-regulated people in this organisation.
Areas of law shows the sort of work this firm does. Reserved activities lists the special legal jobs this firm can do because we regulate it as a law practice.
DECISION HISTORY
This section gives the disciplinary and regulatory decisions published under our decision publication policy.
Decision - Fined
Outcome: Fine
Outcome date: 21 May 2024
Published date: 7 July 2024
Firm details
No detail provided:
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Jeary & Lewis Limited was directed to pay a fixed financial penalty of £1,500 and costs of £150.
Reasons/basis
Jeary & Lewis Limited is a recognised body whose office is at Block A1 & A2, Methuen South, Methuen Park, Chippenham, SN14 0GT.
Firms must at all times have in place a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) and a compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA).
A firm must designate a person as its COLP and a person as its COFA and the SRA must approve that person before they commence their role.
The COLP and COFA of a firm have specific responsibility for ensuring a firm, its managers and employees comply with the SRA’s regulatory requirements. They are also responsible for recording any breaches and reporting those to the SRA, where necessary.
A firm must promptly notify the SRA if it becomes aware of any material changes to information previously provided to the SRA, by it or on its behalf, including to its compliance officers.
Jeary & Lewis Limited failed to:
- promptly notify the SRA of a material change to the information it had previously provided to the SRA about its COFA in breach of paragraph 3.8(a) of the Code of Conduct for Firms.
The firm continued to breach this requirement after the SRA directed it to pay a fixed financial penalty of £750.
Decision - Fined
Outcome: Fine
Outcome date: 28 March 2024
Published date: 29 April 2024
Firm details
No detail provided:
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Jeary & Lewis Limited was directed to pay a fixed financial penalty of £750 and costs of £150.
Reasons/basis
Jeary & Lewis Limited is a recognised body whose office is at Block A1 & A2, Methuen South, Methuen Park, Chippenham, SN14 0GT.
Firms must at all times have in place a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) and a compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA).
A firm must designate a person as its COLP and a person as its COFA and the SRA must approve that person before they commence their role.
The COLP and COFA of a firm have specific responsibility for ensuring a firm, its managers and employees comply with the SRA’s regulatory requirements. They are also responsible for recording any breaches and reporting those to the SRA, where necessary.
A firm must promptly notify the SRA if it becomes aware of any material changes to information previously provided to the SRA, by it or on its behalf, including to its compliance officers.
Jeary & Lewis Limited failed to:
- promptly notify the SRA of a material change to the information it had previously provided to the SRA about its COFA in breach of paragraph 3.8(a) of the Code of Conduct for Firms.
The firm failed to remedy this breach after being given notice and reasonable time in which to do so.
