Professional Conduct Sub-Committee 2
Convener
Joseph G Boyd
Secretary
Wendy Henderson
wendyhenderson@lawscot.org.uk
wendyhenderson@lawscot.org.uk
Members
Peigi Macarthur
Ian Ritchie
Solicitor members
Gemma C Baillie
Emma Cuckow
David di Paola
Gordon Lennox, Macdonald Henderson Limited
Catriona Maclean, Scottish Government
Non-solicitor members
Jeremy Clarke, ICAS
Ralph Coleman
Janet Moss
Jane Smart
Aims & functions of the committee
The aims and functions of the Sub Committee work are to:
- to determine conduct complaints against Scottish solicitors, executry and conveyancing practitioners
- to decide if a conduct complaint may amount to professional misconduct and requires to be referred to the Scottish Solicitors Discipline Tribunal in terms of Section 51 of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980
- to decide if a conduct complaint against a Scottish solicitor amounts to unsatisfactory professional conduct in terms of Section 42ZA of the 1980 Act, and in the event that a determination is made to impose appropriate sanctions
- to determine whether no action should be taken in relation to a conduct complaints against, Scottish solicitors, executry and conveyancing practitioners
- to decide if a conduct complaint against an executry and/or conveyancing practitioner amounts to unsatisfactory professional conduct in terms of Section 20 ZB of the Law ReformĀ (Miscellaneous Provisions)(Scotland) Act 1990.