The applicants sought orders directing the respondent to withdraw its intervention in the solicitors practice of the first claimant. They had become concerned at the possibility that investment schemes managed by one partner were being being used for money laundering.
Held: In view of matters since the commencement of the proceedings the court could not now make any useful order.
Judges:
The Hon Mr Justice Evans-Lombe
Citations:
[2004] EWHC 1706 (Ch)
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Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Wilson Smith v The Law Society ChD 21-Feb-2000
The court was considering a case where proceedings under paragraph 6(5) to terminate an intervention had been brought at a time when the solicitor against whose practice the intervention had been made was being proceeded against by the SDT on . .
Cited – Buckley v Law Society (No 2) ChD 1984
A court deciding a case about a solicitor under paragraph 6(5) of schedule 1 should come to its conclusion in the light of all the evidence existing at the time the matter came to be decided and not at the time of the relevant intervention. When . .
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Legal Professions
Updated: 16 August 2022; Ref: scu.198866
