David
Berens
Solicitor
138825
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 9 May 2025
Published date: 17 June 2025
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Fuglers (in association with David Berens & Co) LLP
Address(es): 70 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 4QG, England
Firm ID: 441833
Firm or organisation at date of publication
Name: Protopapas LLP
Address(es): Queens House, 180 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7PD, England
Firm ID: 649883
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Mr Berens's practising certificate for 2024 / 2025 is subject to the following conditions:
- Mr Berens shall not act as a manager or owner of any authorised body.
- Mr Berens may not act as a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) for any authorised body, or Head of Legal Practice (HOLP) or Head of Finance and Administration (HOFA) in any authorised non-SRA firm.
- Mr Berens does not hold, receive, or have access to client money, or does not act as a signatory to any client or office account, or have the power to authorise electronic transfers from any client or office account.
In these conditions the terms are as defined in the SRA Glossary
Reasons/basis
The above conditions are necessary in the public interest. They are reasonable and proportionate having regard to the purposes set out in regulation 7 of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations, and the regulatory objectives and principles governing regulatory activities as contained in section 28 of the Legal Services Act 2007.