Jonathan Goodwin Solicitor Advocate is a highly specialized law firm dedicated exclusively to professional disciplinary and regulatory matters, representing both regulators and individual professionals facing scrutiny from their governing bodies. With 30 years of experience and a formidable reputation in this niche area of law, the firm stands out for its dual perspective, having acted for professionals and prosecuted on behalf of major regulatory authorities.
The firm’s approach is informed by Jonathan Goodwin’s unrivalled expertise, including over 20 years representing the Solicitors Regulation Authority and prosecuting cases for bodies like the Architects Registration Board and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. This deep prosecutorial insight allows the firm to offer strategic, pragmatic, and sensitive guidance to professionals undergoing investigations or disciplinary proceedings, recognizing the significant personal and professional stakes involved. The firm defends a wide range of clients, including solicitors, legal executives, licensed conveyancers, chartered surveyors, architects, and chartered accountants.
Services Offered
- Defence of regulatory investigations
- Advocacy before tribunals and committees
- Drafting written representations in response to regulatory investigations
- Advice and/or representation in relation to disciplinary panels and tribunals
- Prosecution of regulatory cases
- SRA investigations
- SRA interventions
- SRA letter responses
- Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal representation
- Referral to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
- Sanctions and costs in Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal matters
- Dishonesty cases in Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal proceedings
- High Court appeals
- Solicitors Accounts Rules advice
- Money laundering compliance and defence
- Solicitor’s undertakings
- Regulatory settlement agreements
- Restoration to the Solicitors Roll
- Section 43 applications
- Practising certificate conditions
- Registered Architects ARB investigations
- Responding to initial complaints (all professions)
- Referral to Professional Conduct Committee (various bodies)
- Sanctions and appeals (across multiple professions)
- Chartered Surveyors RICS investigations
- Referral to RICS Disciplinary Panel
- Legal Executives CILEx investigations
- Referral to CILEx Disciplinary Tribunal
- Chartered Accountants ICAEW investigations
- Referral to ICAEW Disciplinary Committee
- ICAEW Licensed Conveyancers CLC investigations
- Referral to CLC Adjudication Panel
- CLC sanctions and appeals
- CLC reviews
The firm assists clients throughout England and Wales and is authorized and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Jonathan Goodwin holds extended rights of audience in the High Court and Court of Appeal, further enhancing the firm’s litigation capabilities in complex regulatory disputes.
