The duty in context
Self-report to the regulator profession
The lawyer must promptly notify the regulator of relevant criminal charges or convictions, disciplinary or insolvency events, material changes, and any false information previously provided.
How the codes express this duty
E&W Solicitors SRA Principles & Code CCS 7.6 strong 115 cases
7.6 You notify the SRA promptly if: (a) you are subject to any criminal charge, conviction or caution, subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; (b) a relevant insolvency event occurs in relation to you; or if you become aware: (I) of any material changes to information previously provided to the SRA ...; and (II) that information provided to the SRA ... is or may be false, misleading, incomplete or inaccurate.
SRA Code of Conduct for Solicitors, RELs and RFLs · 2019 · archived copy · official source ↗
E&W Barristers BSB Handbook rC65; rC64.1 strong 64 cases
rC65 You must report promptly to the Bar Standards Board if: .1 you are charged with an indictable offence ...; .2 ... you are convicted of, or accept a caution, for any criminal offence ... other than a minor criminal offence; .3 you (or an entity of which you are a manager) ... are the subject of any disciplinary or other regulatory or enforcement action ...; ... .7 you have committed serious misconduct;
BSB Handbook Part 2: Code of Conduct · 5.0 · archived copy · official source ↗
Cayman Islands Legal Services Code 2026 R.13.1(b); R.13.1(c); R.13.1(d); R.13.1(f) strong
shall promptly notify the Council of any changes to relevant information about the attorney-at-law or a recognised law entity; shall report to the Council if convicted of any offence in any jurisdiction, other than a minor traffic offence; shall report to the Council any disciplinary sanction (including private rebuke or censure) imposed by another regulator
Cayman Islands Legal Services Code of Professional Conduct · 2026 · archived copy
AU Solicitors Solicitors' Conduct Rules no clear equivalent
AU Barristers Uniform Barristers Rules no clear equivalent
IE Solicitors Law Society Guide no clear equivalent
IE Barristers Bar Code of Conduct Rule 2.12 strong 5 cases
Barristers must forthwith report to the Bar Council the fact that they have been convicted of a criminal offence involving dishonesty or of a criminal offence which might bring the profession into disrepute. If Barristers are in doubt as to their duty under this Rule, the conviction should be reported forthwith.
Code of Conduct for the Bar of Ireland · 2024 · archived copy · official source ↗
JM Attorneys Canons of Professional Ethics no clear equivalent
JE Lawyers Law Society of Jersey Code R.12.1 b),d),e),g) strong
All members must: ... b) promptly notify the Law Society of any changes to relevant information... d) report to the Law Society if convicted of any offence, other than a minor traffic offence; e) report to the Law Society any disciplinary sanction (including private rebuke or censure) imposed by another regulator... g) promptly notify the Law Society where their firm is in financial difficulties.
Law Society of Jersey Code of Conduct · 1 January 2017 · archived copy · official source ↗
ON Lawyers LSO Rules of Prof. Conduct r 7.1-4.4 strong
If a lawyer is charged with an offence described in By-Law 8 of the Law Society, he or she shall inform the Law Society of the charge and of its disposition in accordance with the by-law.
Law Society of Ontario — Rules of Professional Conduct · current · archived copy · official source ↗
BC Lawyers BC Code r 7.1-3(c) partial 12 cases
Unless to do so would involve a breach of solicitor-client confidentiality or privilege, a lawyer must report to the Society: ... (c) participation in criminal activity related to a lawyer's practice;
Code of Professional Conduct for British Columbia (BC Code) · 2017 · archived copy · official source ↗
NZ Lawyers Conduct & Client Care Rules no clear equivalent
SCO Solicitors LSS Standards of Conduct no clear equivalent
SG Lawyers Professional Conduct Rules 2015 no clear equivalent
HK Solicitors Solicitors' Guide Principle 11.03 Commentary 3 partial
A solicitor should inform the Law Society where he is charged with an offence involving dishonesty or deception or any other serious criminal offence.
Hong Kong Solicitors' Guide to Professional Conduct (Volume 1) · current · archived copy · official source ↗
HK Barristers Bar Code of Conduct para 4.6 strong
A barrister (whether or not in practice) and a pupil (whether or not he has been admitted as a barrister) must report promptly to the Bar Council if:- (a) he has been charged in Hong Kong with an indictable offence (including one triable or to be tried summarily); ... (c) he has been convicted in Hong Kong or in any other part of the world of a criminal offence ...
Code of Conduct of the Bar of the Hong Kong SAR · 2018 · archived copy · official source ↗
Cases dealing with this duty
226 decisions · link basis: found breached = a tribunal finding; rule cited = the mapped provision is cited in the decision; text match = high-precision text pattern
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Yasar Malik
Breaches
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Martin Keith Waters & Rodney William Noon
Breaches, Failures, Solicitors' Accounts Rules
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Baldev Singh Ghag
Rule 4-29 Admission of Misconduct and Undertaking | Summary
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Davidson, Chona Encarnacion Castillo
Professional Misconduct 1. Misappropriation of trust funds 2. Breach of section 146 LPUL - Intermixing trust money 3. Breach section 138 LPUL - Holding trust money 4. Breach of section 148 LPUL - Deficiency in trust acc…
Costs Issued with a restricted practising certificate (Disciplinary Action 30/06/2020) $0.00 2 PDFs View decision -
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Timothy Vincent Charles Meehan
Guilty of professional misconduct with respect to Charges 1 and 2
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Roger Paul Jackson & Second Respondent & Third Respondent
Breaches, Failures
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Sheikh Muhammad Usman
Criminal Convictions
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Farid El Diwany
Breaches, Criminal Convictions
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Michael Usher
Breaches, Failures
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David Marriott
Criminal Convictions
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Astrid Halberstadt-Twum & Joseph Twum
Criminal Convictions
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Crisp, Glenn Brian
1. Failure to notify Law Society of a show cause event 2. Failure to cooperate with the Law Society investigation of the show cause event — Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
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Imelda Leahy
In the matter of Imelda Leahy, a solicitor formerly practising as Imelda Leahy and Company, Solicitors, Kilree Street, Bagenalstown, Co Carlow, and in the matter of an application by the Law Society of Ireland to the So…
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Kessar Nabi
Breaches, Client Money, Failures, Solicitors' Accounts Rules
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Olusegun Afolayan-Jejeloye
Breaches, Solicitors' Accounts Rules
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Ehsan Kabir & Second Respondent
Breaches
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Lee Lipson
Criminal Convictions
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Edward Sibley
Breaches, Client Money, Solicitors' Accounts Rules
Duty classification does not yet cover every jurisdiction (Ontario, New Zealand and Singapore decisions are indexed but not yet duty-classified), so counts here understate those corpora.