Law Society-v-Colin George Horne Wilson

Edinburgh 11 June 2013.  The Tribunal having considered the amended Complaints at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland and the Law Society on behalf of Ms Katrina Lovie and Ms Gaynor Cowie against Colin George Horne Wilson, 25 Jamaica Street, Aberdeen; Find the Respondent guilty of Professional Misconduct in cumulo in respect of his misrepresentation, deception and misleading of four separate clients, colleagues and the Employment Tribunal; his breach of Section 23 of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 and Articles 6 and 7 of the Code of Conduct for Scottish Solicitors 2002 and his misrepresentation, deception and misleading of clients and the courts in relation thereto; his acting on behalf of clients without the benefit of professional indemnity insurance and intromitting with funds from those clients without operating a designated client account; and his failure or delay in responding to correspondence and statutory notices issued by the Complainers; Order that the name of the Respondent be Struck Off the Roll of Solicitors in 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.

Malcolm McPherson

 Vice Chairman