The Society appealed a rejection of a complaint of misconduct based on the solicitor having accepted payments of pounds 20.00 a time from a search company.
Held: The payments were not a secret commission, but rather discounts or rebates, and did not fall within rule 10: ‘It was inconceivable that any tribunal could find that the solicitors were dishonest and it was unlikely it could find that they had acted in any way unbefitting of a solicitor. ‘
Judges:
Lord Justice Waller and Mr Justice Treacy
Citations:
Times 16-Jan-2007, [2006] EWHC 3212 (Admin), [2007] 1 WLR 1096
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Legal Professions
Updated: 15 July 2022; Ref: scu.247977
