SRA: Referral to tribunal
Controversial solicitor Andrew Milne is to face the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) following his conviction earlier this year for stalking.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) made the announcement yesterday, having put Mr Milne under a condition in February that he “may not act as a solicitor without the supervision of a solicitor approved by the SRA for this purpose”.
This aimed to control, rather than sanction, Mr Milne’s practice while fuller investigations were ongoing.
It has now decided to refer him to the SDT. A notice published yesterday said: “Between March 2024 and August 2024, Andrew Milne pursued a course of conduct which amounted to the stalking of Mr Daniel Cloake, contrary to section 2A (1) and (4) of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and was convicted of that offence on 10 February 2026 at Stratford Magistrates Court.
“The allegations are subject to a hearing before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and are as yet unproven.”
Mr Milne was given a seven-year restraining order, a 24-month community order and ordered to complete 300 hours of unpaid work and 20 rehabilitation activity days.
The solicitor, who runs London firm Andrew Milne & Co, has also come under increasing scrutiny for his acquisition of multiple freeholds in various parts of Northern England and attempts to sell them to the leaseholders for what Bolton West MP Phil Brickell said in Parliament earlier this year were “massively inflated prices – sometimes as much as £25,000”.
Condemning the tactics he said the solicitor used to persuade people to buy, he accused the SRA of doing “nothing to stop” Mr Milne.
Last month, the SRA imposed a further condition on Mr Milne’s current practising certificate banning him from practising as a solicitor in real property law. “This includes both litigation and transactional work,” it stressed.