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Expired CCJ and the SRA.

Greetings all, i'm at a crossroads, please help! I'm trying to decide whether to start legal training, but here's the thing, I just discovered I had a CCJ placed against me years ago that I wasn't aware of - looks like an old bill that escalated. The judgement went against me as I didnt contest it (as I wasnt aware). The CCJ was never settled and is now for than 6 years old, it's no longer being reported by credit agencies on public records. Now I understand and appreciate that honesty is essential in the profession for obvious reasons, but I feel I'd be needlessly opening a can of worms needlessly should I declare this, and as I say, it was never satisfied. Plus the SRA web site states the following:

"that you have been declared bankrupt, entered into any individual voluntary arrangements, have a CURRENT County Court Judgment issued against you or have been made subject to a Debt Relief Order".

But I have also read that you have to declare if you 've EVER had a CCJ.

Does anybody know if there is any way that CCJ could show up anywhere during SRA suitability checks? Considering it's more than 6 years old? I have no other black spots against my name, I just dont want to volunteer infotmation that could cause an issue needlessly. Any advice folks? Am I worrying over nothing? Or could this cause an issue?
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Original post by RealJack
Greetings all, i'm at a crossroads, please help! I'm trying to decide whether to start legal training, but here's the thing, I just discovered I had a CCJ placed against me years ago that I wasn't aware of - looks like an old bill that escalated. The judgement went against me as I didnt contest it (as I wasnt aware). The CCJ was never settled and is now for than 6 years old, it's no longer being reported by credit agencies on public records. Now I understand and appreciate that honesty is essential in the profession for obvious reasons, but I feel I'd be needlessly opening a can of worms needlessly should I declare this, and as I say, it was never satisfied. Plus the SRA web site states the following:

"that you have been declared bankrupt, entered into any individual voluntary arrangements, have a CURRENT County Court Judgment issued against you or have been made subject to a Debt Relief Order".

But I have also read that you have to declare if you 've EVER had a CCJ.

Does anybody know if there is any way that CCJ could show up anywhere during SRA suitability checks? Considering it's more than 6 years old? I have no other black spots against my name, I just dont want to volunteer infotmation that could cause an issue needlessly. Any advice folks? Am I worrying over nothing? Or could this cause an issue?
Hi did you manage to sort out this issue?
What did you end up having to do? I’m on the same boat about a debt from over 6 years ago. Not sure if I disclose it or what

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