Law Society-v-Michael Louis Karus

Edinburgh 21 August 2015.  The Tribunal having considered the amended Complaint dated 18 June 2015 at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against Michael Louis Karus, care of Michael Foster, Hughes Dowdall, Solicitors and Notaries, Suite 1, 2^nd Floor, Standard Buildings, 102 Hope Street, Glasgow; Find the Respondent has been convicted of an offence and sentenced to a period of imprisonment of three and a half years and that accordingly Section 53(1)(b) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 applies to the circumstances of this case; Strike the name of the Respondent, Michael Louis Karus, from the Roll of Solicitors in Scotland; Find the Respondent liable in the expenses of the Complainers and of the Tribunal including expenses of the Clerk, chargeable on a time and line basis as the same may be taxed by the Auditor of the Court of Session on an agent and client, client paying 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 name of the Respondent and may but has no need to include the names of anyone other than the Respondent. 

Nicholas Whyte 

                                                                                                                                                           Vice Chairman