Solicitor struck off for practising without insurance and misleading SRA
Andrew Lee, former sole director of Prometheus Law, has been struck off the Roll after the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found he acted dishonestly over three years.
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The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has struck off Andrew Lee, formerly sole director, manager and compliance officer of Prometheus Law Ltd and its predecessor sole practice, following a hearing that concluded on 17 September 2026. The decision was published on 8 October 2026.
The tribunal found that the firm’s professional indemnity insurance expired on 31 March 2022 and was never replaced. Under the SRA’s rules, the firm should have ceased practice by 29 June 2022 at the latest. The tribunal found that Lee continued to accept new matters after the extended policy period ended on 30 April 2022, continued acting after the cessation period ended, and went on to act for clients privately even after the SRA intervened into the firm on 30 July 2023. It found this amounted to dishonesty, concluding that by 29 June 2022 he knew the firm was uninsured and had to stop practising.
The tribunal also found that Lee misled a client in April 2023 by sending an engagement letter stating the firm held insurance when it did not, rejecting his explanation that this came from an unreviewed template. It further found he had misled the SRA about the nature of his relationship with another client, describing formal legal work as informal help between friends. Additional findings concerned failures to cooperate with the SRA, including leaving enquiries unanswered from November 2022, and failures to maintain proper accounts from March 2017, though no client money was found to have been lost.
Lee denied dishonesty and argued his case fell within a residual category where strike-off would be disproportionate, citing the absence of any theft and his character evidence. The tribunal found no exceptional circumstances and ordered that he be struck off the Roll. He was also ordered to pay the SRA’s costs of £45,121.40.