Jennifer
Dent
Employee
7173038
Decision - Employee-related decision
Outcome: Control of non-qualified staff (Section 43 / Section 99 order)
Outcome date: 14 October 2025
Published date: 9 September 2026
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: IME LAW LIMITED
Address(es): Irwin Mitchell, Riverside East, 2 Millsands, SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, S3 8DT, England
Firm ID: 612907
Firm or organisation at date of publication
Name: DLG Legal Services
Address(es): DLG Legal Services, The WharfLeeds, LS1 4AZ
Firm ID: 611455
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
The SRA has disqualified Ms Dent from holding any of the following roles in law firms regulated by the SRA:
- Head of Legal Practice
- Head of Finance and Administration
- A manager
- An employee
Reasons/basis
Ms Dent's conduct breached relevant duties that applied to her as an employee,
namely SRA Principles 2, 4 and 5 (2019) and Paragraph 1.4 of the Code of Conduct for Firms 2019.
It was found that it would be undesirable for her to act as a head of legal practice, head of finance and administration, a manager or an employee of a body licensed in accordance with section 99 of the Legal Services Act 2007.
Ms Dent was disqualified from holding any of these roles.