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SRA Character and Suitability - CCJ and bad credit
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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 160831" data-attributes="member: 2672"><p>I would focus on getting all the relevant documentation together so you can present the best case to the SRA.</p><p></p><p>A reference from your current firm will be helpful to verify your character now, but I would also try to pull together any references from people in any professional role (teacher/nurse/working in local government will be sufficient) who were aware of the circumstances with your ex partner and how that led to the debt, or any documentation that proves the abusive relationship. That will be considered extenuating circumstances to the debt, so any verification of those particular circumstances alongside the medical reports will help present your case well.</p><p></p><p>I would also consider finding another personal reference from someone else in the legal sector if you can. That could be an academic or from an organisation you have worked at previously.</p><p></p><p>The best case you can present, the more likely the SRA will be able to look past their usual rules. Your extenuating circumstances (abuse and the resulting mental health) are likely to be considered carefully, but they are going to look at the detail - for instance if the two CCJs were at very different times, that is likely to be more of an issue than if they were close together and at the time you were in the abusive relationship.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jessica Booker, post: 160831, member: 2672"] I would focus on getting all the relevant documentation together so you can present the best case to the SRA. A reference from your current firm will be helpful to verify your character now, but I would also try to pull together any references from people in any professional role (teacher/nurse/working in local government will be sufficient) who were aware of the circumstances with your ex partner and how that led to the debt, or any documentation that proves the abusive relationship. That will be considered extenuating circumstances to the debt, so any verification of those particular circumstances alongside the medical reports will help present your case well. I would also consider finding another personal reference from someone else in the legal sector if you can. That could be an academic or from an organisation you have worked at previously. The best case you can present, the more likely the SRA will be able to look past their usual rules. Your extenuating circumstances (abuse and the resulting mental health) are likely to be considered carefully, but they are going to look at the detail - for instance if the two CCJs were at very different times, that is likely to be more of an issue than if they were close together and at the time you were in the abusive relationship. [/QUOTE]
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