SRA policy regarding blacklisting an individual
Can you please provide the policy which gives the SRA the right to blacklist an individual? The SRA will no longer accept emails from me and I'm wondering whether the SRA is breaking the law (Equality Act 2010).
Regards
Anthony John Monks
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Dear Mr Monks,
Thank you for your email.
We have considered your request under our Transparency Code, a copy of
which is available on our website:
[1]SRA | SRA transparency code | Solicitors Regulation Authority
Our "Managing unreasonable behaviour towards SRA staff policy", is
available on our website:
[2]SRA | Managing unreasonable behaviour towards SRA staff policy |
Solicitors Regulation Authority
Part 24 Option 8 of this policy states:
"24. If you continue to behave unreasonably after we have asked you to
modify your behaviour, the options we will consider are:
Option 8: We will block your emails if the number and length of emails
sent causes difficulties for our regulatory process"
Please also see our reasonable adjustments policy:
[3]SRA | Reasonable adjustment policy | Solicitors Regulation Authority
This sets out how we make reasonable adjustments in order to support
individuals in communicating with us.
Yours sincerely,
Jack Baraczewski
Information Governance Officer
Solicitors Regulation Authority
The Cube, Birmingham
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