Law Society-v-Duncan Hugh Drummond and David Richard Blair Lyons
Interlocutor
Edinburgh 19 November 2008. The Tribunal having considered the amended Complaints both dated 17 November 2008 at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against Duncan Hugh Drummond, Solicitor, Messrs Lyons Laing & Co. Solicitors, 25 Newton Place, Glasgow (the First Respondent) and David Richard Blair Lyons, Solicitor, Messrs Lyons Laing & Co. Solicitors, 5 George Square, Greenock (the Second Respondent); Find the First and Second Respondent guilty of Professional Misconduct in respect of their breach of Rules 4, 6, 8, 11, 14 and 24 of the Solicitors (Scotland) Accounts, Accounts Certificate, Professional Practice and Guarantee Fund Rules 2001, their failure to timeously stamp and record deeds, their failure to issue conflict of interest letters in the correct form and their persistent failure to respond to correspondence from the Law Society; Censure the First Respondent and Fine him the sum of £10,000 to be forfeit to her Majesty; Censure the Second Respondent and Fine him in the sum of £10,000 to be forfeit to her Majesty; Find the Respondents jointly and severally 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 £14.00; and Direct that publicity will be given to this decision and that this publicity should include the names of the First and Second Respondents.
Chairman