Why would a solicitor let their practising certificate lapse?

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My ex was a solicitor in a Magic Circle firm

He then took a few different C suite roles and got sacked from all of them.

He has been unemployed for most of the last year and a half. The SRA website states he is not practising and says he works for an employer he left a few roles ago.

Chances he hasn't renewed because he did something dodgy?

Given his history of being sacked you may well be correct. I’m likely to let my PC lapse later this year. Currently taking time out post redundancy and tbh the job I’ve been doing (and want to continue doing) doesn’t require me to be practicing. It’s quite expensive to pay yourself. So there may also be a legit reason.

Worth googling his name? Anyone who has had disciplinary action and been struck off should be natter of public record and reported in law society gazette I think.

That's interesting. He's SUPER cheap, but surely if he's looking for a new role, he would want to keep it current?

lots of reasons a person would let their practicing solicitor lapse.

I did when I wasn't practicing anymore. No point in paying upwards of £300 for a piece of paper that I didn't need.

Is he still on the roll of solicitors?

I knew quite a few in house lawyers who didn’t bother renewing their practising certificates

No need, you can apply for one at any time, so long as you remain on the roll.

Because he doesn’t want to work as a solicitor anymore?

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he is working as an actual solicitor he doesn’t need a practicing certificate

I have googled and found nothing.

Does the SRA take disciplinary actions forward for solicitors who have lapsed? I know in other contexts, regulators may just wait until the offending party tries to renew.

It’s expensive and if he’s not practicing he doesn’t need it. He will be on the roll of solicitors. Unlikely that there’s anything wrong. If he gets a job he can get a new one

They do, yes. Letting his pc lapse wouldn’t stop them pursuing disciplinary action

Ok, sounds like it's probably nothing more serious than incompetence then.

He's so unethical and dishonest that I have suspected there is more to it than that.