Law Society-v-James McRae
Interlocutor
Edinburgh 24 April 2008. The Tribunal having considered the Complaint dated 19 December 2007 at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against James McRae, Solicitor, formerly at 35 Hawkcraig Road, Aberdour, Burntisland Fife, now at PO Box 14333 Burntisland, Fife, KY3 0WT; Find the Respondent guilty of Professional Misconduct in respect of his failure to respond to correspondence from other solicitors, his repeated failure to respond to correspondence from the Law Society, and his failure to obtemper statutory notices; Censure the Respondent; Fine the Respondent the sum of £1,000 to be forfeit to Her Majesty; and Direct in terms of Section 53 (5) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 that any practising certificate held or issued to the Respondent shall be subject to such restriction as will limit him to providing legal services to members of the armed forces within the system of military discipline and Courts Martial and that for a period of 10 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 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 £11.85; and Direct that publicity will be given to this decision and that this publicity should include the name of the Respondent.
Kenneth R Robb
Vice Chairman