Law Society-v-James Joseph McDonagh
Interlocutor
Edinburgh 11 May 2006. The Tribunal having considered the Complaint dated 9 December 2005 at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against James Joseph McDonagh, 9 Bank Street, Dundee; Find the Respondent guilty of Professional Misconduct in respect of his deceiving and misleading his client by holding himself out as a practising Scottish solicitor when he did not hold a practising certificate, his intromitting with client monies whilst subject to a Restricted Practising Certificate, his failure to reply to the reasonable enquiries of the Law Society for information and his continuing to practise as a solicitor after 15 June 2001 without having obtained a Restricted Practising Certificate from the Law Society; Suspend the Respondent from practice for a period of two years; 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 a solicitor 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.
Alistair Cockburn
Chairman