Law Society-v-Lindsey M Fettes
Interlocutor
Edinburgh 27 November 2007. The Tribunal having considered the Complaint dated 30 August 2007 at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against Lindsey M Fettes, Solicitor, of Wilsone and Duffus, PO Box 81, 7 Golden Square, Aberdeen; Find the Respondent guilty of Professional Misconduct singularly and in cumulo in respect that: a) she failed to respond to enquiries made of her by the Complainers and to statutory notices served by them and b) she failed to reply timeously or at all to correspondence received from another firm of solicitors, all to the prejudice to the completion of the transaction and to the prejudice of the parties involved in the transaction; 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 at 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 M Cockburn
Chairman