Wrong 'un: dispatched.
A lawyer has left Travers Smith after he was found to have conducted himself inappropriately.
The firm held an emergency all-staff meeting this week, an insider told RollOnFriday, at which it was announced that an associate had been suspended and then resigned.
A source referred to multiple incidents of a specific nature, however the firm declined to confirm the information was accurate and RollOnFriday has been unable to corroborate it (write in if you know more)
In a statement provided to RollOnFriday, Travers explained that it had immediately suspended an associate after allegations were made against him, and commissioned a KC to undertake "an independent and thorough" investigation.
The probe found that "inappropriate conduct" took place, and following its conclusion "the associate left the firm", said Travers.
"As in this case, we take all allegations of misconduct extremely seriously", said the firm. "To preserve the privacy and confidentiality of those involved, it would be inappropriate for the firm to make any further comment".
Travers' desire to protect its people was also seen in 2018, when it directed them to use a phrase - 'That's not cool' - if they were offended by something a colleague was saying.
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@22.46 - the one we replied to.
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@19.48 - we don't know if the allegations were serious without knowing what they were.
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Anonymous 28 September 22 16:25
If HR have done what they're paid for the associate will be so traumatised by the whole process that they'll never want to work in law again
Anyone downvoting this has never been managed out
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Anon 28 September 22 19:48: exactly. The instruction of a KC tells us that the allegations were serious.
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@Anon 28 September 22 11:46
Yes - given the KC's involvement, the only inference is that the matter was serious.
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@28th @20.48 - what's a 'tihng?
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Serious allegations, yes. Hence why the Silk was involved.
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Just read this article. Blimey. Must have been serious to get in a KC!
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@29th @ 05.07 - what narcissists?
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Given that a KC was brought in to investigate it doesn't appear that the allegations were serious. If the allegations were serious then HR would have performed the investigation.
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@29th @ 5.10 - hard to agree that the allegations were serious without knowing what they were.
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@City @29 @5.12 - if we don't have the details we can't know if this was a serious matter.
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I can’t be the only person to have noticed the second tag that has been given to this story?
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@29th @8.19 - which one?
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28th September @23.15 - you nailed it. We just don't know whether the allegations are serious until we know what they are.
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There's a potential story there, but its a bit of a damp squib without knowing what the allegations are and whether they are true.
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The allegations can't be that serious or we would know what they are.