Stevens Son and Pope LLP
- Head office address
- Burgess Hill View contact details
- Type of firm
- Recognised body since 27/08/2021, authorised for all legal services, closing
- Regulator
- Solicitors Regulation Authority
- SRA number
- 823903
- Regulatory record
- Show regulatory record
This firm is closing. It is still regulated to provide services to existing clients. You can contact it with any queries.
DECISION HISTORY
This section gives the disciplinary and regulatory decisions published under our decision publication policy.
Decision - Fined
Outcome: Fine
Outcome date: 7 November 2024
Published date: 21 February 2025
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Steven Sons and Pope LLP
Address(es): Jubilee House, 56-58 Church Walk, Burgess Hill, RH15 9AN
Firm ID: 823903
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Steven Sons and Pope LLP was directed to pay a fixed financial penalty of £750 and costs of £150.
Reasons/basis
Steven Sons and Pope LLP is a recognised body whose office is at Jubilee House, 56-58 Church Walk, Burgess Hill, RH15 9AN.
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.
The firm failed to:
- promptly notify the SRA of a material change to the information it had previously provided to the SRA about its COLP and
- 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.
The firm was directed to pay a fixed financial penalty of £750 and costs of £150.
