Law Society-v-John Nigel Ferguson Muir
Interlocutor
Edinburgh 26th April 2006. The Tribunal having considered the Complaint dated 8th September 2005 at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against John Nigel Ferguson Muir, 24 Roseburn Terrace, Edinburgh; Find the Respondent guilty of Professional Misconduct in cumulo in respect of his failure to respond to correspondence in relation to outstanding fee notes from an expert witness instructed by him, his unreasonable delay in settling the fee notes of that expert witness, his persistent failure to respond to correspondence from the Law Society and his failure to timeously obtemper a statutory notice from the Law Society; Censure the Respondent; 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 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 £11.85; 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