The SRA has publicly rebuked a solicitor for his behaviour at his firm's Christmas party last year. It's the third such case in the last few weeks.

Simon Glazebrook, at the time a solicitor at Leeds firm Progeny Private Law, clearly became a bit bad-touchy after too much of the electric soup. The SRA held that he had “whilst intoxicated, behaved in an inappropriate, physical manner towards a female employee”. Following an investigation by the firm Glazebrook apologised and resigned. Following which three other employees came out of the woodwork to claim that Glazebook had made inappropriate comments to them.

Glazebrook, now at Bradford firm Schofield Sweeney, put his hands up to the charge of breach of conduct and told the SRA that he was remorseful and wished to apologise again to everyone concerned. He was rebuked by the SRA and will pay £600 costs.

"When one panda inappropriately touches another panda at a Christmas party, that makes me a saaaaaad panda".

Last month the SRA rebuked a former partner of Winkworth Sherwood for similar behaviour at his firm's Christmas party last year, and also rebuked a former partner of Liverpool firm Parry Welch Lacey for punching a female colleague in the face in December 2015.

A number of law firm Christmas parties have descended into (sometimes very serious) assault. Last year an IT worker at Fieldfisher was convicted of sexually assaulting a female paralegal at the firm's Christmas party. Back in 2012 DLA suspended a partner after it was claimed that he punched a colleague in the face. Expect more firms to call time on these events this year.