Law Society-v-Ajaz Mohammed Hussain
Interlocutor
Edinburgh 12 March 2008. The Tribunal having considered the Complaint dated 11 December 2007 at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against Ajaz Mohammed Hussain, Solicitor, 12 Albany Terrace, Dundee; Find the Respondent guilty of Professional Misconduct in respect of his repeated failure to respond to correspondence from the Law Society, his failure to obtemper Statutory Notices and his misleading his client as to the status of his application; Censure the Respondent and Direct in terms of Section 53(5) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 that any practising certificate held or issued to the Respondent shall be subject to such restriction as will limit him to acting as a qualified assistant to such employer or successive employers as may be approved by the Council or the Practising Certificate Committee of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland and that for an aggregate period of at least ten years and thereafter until such time as he satisfies the Tribunal that he is fit to hold a full practising certificate; Find the Respondent liable in the expenses of the Complainers and in the expenses of the Tribunal as the same may be taxed by the auditor of the Court of Session on an agent and client indemnity basis in terms of Chapter Three of the last published Law Society’s Table of Fees for general business with a unit rate of £11.85; and Direct that publicity will be given to this decision and that this publicity should include the name of the Respondent.
David Coull
Vice Chairman