Law Society-v-Colin Douglas Richardson Whittle
Interlocutor
Edinburgh 21 May 2014. The Tribunal having considered the Complaint dated 11 October 2013 at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against Colin Douglas Richard Whittle, Solicitor, R & R Urquhart LLP, 117-121 High Street, Forres; Sustain the Respondent’s plea to the relevancy of the Complaint and therefore Dismiss the Complaint; Repel the Respondent’s plea in relation to unconscionable and unreasonable delay in terms of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights; Find the Complainers liable in the expenses of the Respondent 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; Refuses the Respondent’s motion for sanction of the cause as suitable for the employment of Senior Counsel: 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.
Alistair Cockburn
Chairman