An application to the Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal could properly be referred to the Office for the Supervision of Solicitors before any finding had been made as to the presence of a prima facie case to answer. The purpose of the tribunal was not to settle a lis between the solicitor and complainant, but to settle … Continue reading Regina (Toth) v Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal: QBD 3 May 2001
The solicitor appealed against an order striking him off the Roll of Solicitors. He had been a defendant in civil proceedings accused of assisting the former president of Zambia to dispose of very substantial stolen sums. He was said to have allowed money to pass through his client account where there was no underlying transaction. … Continue reading Thaker v Solicitors Regulation Authority: Admn 22 Mar 2011
Several partners in a solicitors practice may have been at fault, but only one partner had been brought before the tribunal. He appealed against an order making him solely responsible for the costs. Held: There was nothing necessarily wrong with such an order. Judges: Lord Justice Kennedy, Mrs Justice Hallet and Mr Justice Stanley Burnton … Continue reading Singh v Law Society: QBD 5 Dec 2001
The court dismissed the appeal of Mr Virdi from the findings and order of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal finding him guilty of serious professional misconduct and suspending him from practice for a period of 3 years. The solicitor complained of the extent of the involvement of the clerk to the tribunal, an employee of the … Continue reading Virdi v The Law Society: Admn 18 Feb 2009
‘the SDT should not give orders or directions to the Law Society. It should decide what, if any, conditions should be imposed and if it decides that conditions should be imposed it should impose them pursuant to its wide powers ‘to make such order as it may think fit’ under section 47(2) of the 1974 … Continue reading Taylor v The Law Society: CA 1 Nov 2005
The solicitor appealed being struck off. He had given a character reference in circumstances where he did not have justification for the assessment. Held: ‘The appellant knew that Barclays Bank trusted him to provide a truthful reference. Instead, it received a fiction, on which it acted, which had no basis in fact. ‘ and ‘Neither … Continue reading Baxendale-Walker v The Law Society: Admn 30 Mar 2006
