The applicant sought to have set aside an order that he be struck off the roll of solicitors.
Held: The appeal failed. ‘It is true that no loss was in the result caused to any client and that the solicitor is not accused of dishonesty. Nonetheless his conduct undermined the control which the Law Society seeks to exercise over the recording of financial transactions in solicitors’ offices, and in particular over the handling and disbursement of clients’ monies. The solicitor had a serious record of previous failures, which had culminated in the clearest possible warning.’
Judges:
Lord Bingham of Cornhill
Citations:
Unreported, 2 February 2000
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Singleton v The Law Society QBD 11-Nov-2005
The claimant appealed his striking off the roll of solicitors. He said he had not been dishonest. He was said to have made entries to show receipts into client account to support payments out when such receipts had not occurred. He denied this was . .
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Updated: 01 May 2022; Ref: scu.241435