SDT strikes off Michael Peter Alexander after finding admitted allegations proved
Michael Peter Alexander struck off over sexual misconduct and integrity breaches.
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has struck off Michael Peter Alexander after finding allegations of sexual misconduct, lack of integrity and breaches of the Code of Conduct for Solicitors and SRA Principles 2019 proved.
The Tribunal’s case record, published on 5 August 2026, states that Alexander admitted all the allegations. It found that the admissions were properly made and concluded that, given the serious nature of the misconduct, striking him off the Roll was the only appropriate and proportionate sanction.
The case, brought by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), is recorded as 12627/2024, with Alexander listed as the respondent. The SRA’s regulatory record confirms that the matter was heard on 6 July 2026.
The allegations concerned communications with three individuals over a period spanning 2022 to 2024.
According to the SRA’s record of the proceedings, between April and May 2022, while practising as a solicitor at Harwood Solicitors, Alexander sent WhatsApp messages to Person A, a barrister instructed by the firm. The messages were described as inappropriate and/or unwanted and/or sexually motivated.
The second set of allegations concerned conduct between 19 and 28 August 2023. While employed at Russell & Russell Solicitors LLP, as well as other firms identified in the regulatory record, Alexander sent messages through Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp and left two voicemail messages to Person B. He had initiated contact with Person B on Facebook Messenger and had indicated an interest in employing her as his personal assistant or in a similar role. The messages and voicemails were alleged to have been inappropriate and/or unwanted and/or sexually motivated.
The third allegation concerned messages sent to Person C on LinkedIn between 28 February and 2 March 2024. Those messages were found to have been inappropriate and/or unwanted.
The Tribunal’s decision means that the professional consequence for Alexander was not a fixed-period suspension but removal from the Roll of solicitors. The SDT expressly determined that the seriousness of the misconduct made striking him off the appropriate and proportionate sanction.
For solicitors, the case underlines the professional obligations that continue to apply to communications made through personal or professional messaging platforms. The allegations in this case involved WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, voicemail and LinkedIn communications, rather than conduct confined to conventional workplace interactions.
The regulatory record also shows that Alexander had initially been referred to the SDT following an SRA decision dated 4 February 2024. Further referral decisions were recorded on 28 October 2024 and 22 January 2025.
At the time of the matters giving rise to the referrals, the SRA record identifies Harwood Solicitors Ltd, Russell & Russell Solicitors LLP, Baker Solicitors Limited, Keith Dyson Solicitors Limited, Khattak Solicitors Ltd and R H Law Ltd among the firms with which Alexander worked.
The SDT’s published outcome is clear: all allegations were admitted, the admissions were properly made, the allegations were proved on the facts, and Alexander was struck off the Roll.
The case provides a direct professional reminder that conduct involving inappropriate or unwanted communications can result in serious disciplinary consequences where it amounts to misconduct and breaches the standards expected of solicitors.