The total costs for the investigation and proceedings into former Baker McKenzie London head Gary Senior amounted to "about £3 million", a disciplinary tribunal heard Monday.

The figure, mentioned by Andrew Tabachnik QC, representing U.K. regulator the Solicitors Regulation Authority in the proceedings, dwarves the tribunal's sanction last week of a £55,000 fine and £40,000+VAT costs for Senior.

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found Senior guilty of serious professional misconduct in an incident with a junior lawyer, and of seeking to improperly influence the internal investigation into the matter in 2012. It did not ban him from working in the legal profession.

Proceedings had also been brought against Baker McKenzie, the firm's former head of dispute resolution Tom Cassels and its former head of human resources Martin Blackburn.

On Monday, the tribunal heard costs applications from all parties. The panel of judges decided that no costs order should be imposed on Baker McKenzie, Cassels or Blackburn.

Baker McKenzie's barrister, Patricia Robertson QC, said during Monday's hearing that the SRA had "behaved unreasonably" throughout the proceedings while Jonathan Laidlaw QC, representing Blackburn, said the regulator had "misled the tribunal in regards to its case against [Blackburn]."

The decisions regarding costs conclude the proceedings into the matter, over six months after their original start date.

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