Law Society-v-Alan Monro Simpson

Edinburgh 4 May 2006.  The Tribunal having considered the Complaint dated 10 February 2006 at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against Alan Monro Simpson, 48 Thomson Drive, Bearsden, Glasgow; Find the Respondent guilty of Professional Misconduct in respect of his fraudulently altering conveyancing documentation by inserting thereon a photocopied stamp to suggest that the documents had been presented to the Register of Sasines for recording when in actual fact they had not and his deceiving his clients by holding out the purportedly recorded documents as authentic when they were not;  Order that the name of  the Respondent, Alan Monro Simpson, be struck off the Roll of Solicitors in Scotland; 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