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Phone hacking fallout continues as Farrers reputation head faces prosecution by SRA

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Legal Business
31 October 2016
Legal regulation

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is set to prosecute Farrer & Co‘s head of reputation management, Julian Pike, over allegations of advising News International that it should spy on lawyers who were acting for victims of phone hacking.

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