Law Society-v-Alexander Jack Morrison
Interlocutor
Edinburgh 12 August 2011. The Tribunal having considered the Complaint dated 19 May 2011 at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against Alexander Jack Morrison, Solicitor, Cartys Solicitors, 3 Cadzow Street, Hamilton; Find the Respondent guilty of Professional Misconduct in respect of his retention of correspondence addressed to another partner in his firm and his failure to disclose that correspondence to the said partner; Censure the Respondent; Direct in terms of Section 53(5) of the Solicitors’ (Scotland) Act 1980, that any practising certificate held or to be issued to the Respondent shall be subject to such restriction as will limit him to acting as a qualified assistant to (and to being supervised by) such employer or successive employers as may be approved by the Council of the Law Society of Scotland or the Practising Certificate Committee of the Law Society of Scotland and that for an aggregate period of at least 3 years and thereafter until such times 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 of the Tribunal including the 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.
Alan McDonald
Chairman