A family practitioner who admitted ‘I am not really the right type of person to be a solicitor’ has been struck off for practising without authorisation and misleading clients.
Stephen Anthony Hogan, admitted in 1997, was a consultant solicitor at national firm Setfords from June 2013 to December 2015. He also traded as Divorce Assistant, which was not regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, from his home address between May 2014 and May 2018. He did not renew his practising certificate after it expired on 31 October 2017.
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