Law Society-v-Alastair Lindsay Cowan
Interlocutor
Edinburgh 4 October 2011. The Tribunal having considered the amended Complaint dated 23 September 2011 at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against Alastair Lindsay Cowan, 21a India Street, Edinburgh; Find the Respondent guilty of Professional Misconduct in respect of his preparing and completing a letter which inaccurately significantly overstated the level of his salary knowing that the information would be used by a lender in processing his mortgage application and by doing so his bringing his personal integrity into disrepute; Censure the Respondent; Direct in terms of Section 53(5) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 that for a period of three years 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 as may be approved by the Council or the Practising Certificate Committee of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland; Find the Respondent liable in the expenses of the Complainers and of the Tribunal including expenses of the Clerk, chargeable on a time and line basis as the same may be taxed by the Auditor of the Court of Session on an agent and client, client paying basis in terms of Chapter Three of the last published Law Society’s Table of Fees for general business with a unit rate of £14.00; and Direct that publicity will be given to this decision and that this publicity should include the name of the Respondent.
Alistair Cockburn
Chair