(Master of the Rolls) Each applicant challenged decisions not to allow them to become student members of the Law Society.
Held: The test for character and suitability was a necessarily high one; was one which was not concerned with punishment, but was rather a regulatory one concerned with the risk posed by an individual to the public or to the profession if admitted as a solicitor; and that it was for the applicant to discharge the burden of satisfying the character and suitability test.
Citations:
[2007] EW Misc 3 (EWLS)
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Statutes:
Solicitors Act 1974, Training Regulations 1990 691)
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Bolton v The Law Society CA 8-Dec-1993
The solicitor who had been admitted to the Roll for two years had disbursed clients money to relatives, as part of the conveyance of property without adequate security but in the expectation that the money would be repaid. The Tribunal found that . .
Cited – The Law Society v Claire Louise Wilson Admn 12-May-2006
Ms Wilson had been found guilty of conduct unbefitting a solicitor after being convicted of offences of dishonesty and given 60 hours community service. The Law Society appealed against her suspension for twelve months saying that it was inadequate. . .
Cited – In Re A Solicitor (Ofosuhene) CA 21-Feb-1997
Mr Ofusehene was a solicitor whose conduct had been referred to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, but the Tribunal then declined jurisdiction on the basis that the conduct complained of arose prior to his admission as a solicitor.
Held: . .
Cited – The Law Society v Claire Louise Wilson Admn 12-May-2006
Ms Wilson had been found guilty of conduct unbefitting a solicitor after being convicted of offences of dishonesty and given 60 hours community service. The Law Society appealed against her suspension for twelve months saying that it was inadequate. . .
Cited by:
Cited – Ali and Another, Re Solicitors No 21 and 22 of 2007 CA 29-Apr-2008
The claimants challenged revocation of their student membership of the Law Society. The revocation had been made on the basis that they had declared work to be their own unaided work when they were said to have colluded on an assignment.
Held: . .
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Updated: 07 July 2022; Ref: scu.271153