Law Society-v-Frederick Neil Waterman
Interlocutor
Edinburgh 6 December 2013. The Tribunal having considered the Complaint dated 17 September 2013 at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against Frederick Neil Waterman, Solicitor, Waterman’s Solicitors, The Oval Office, 83 The Shore, Edinburgh; Find the Respondent guilty of Professional Misconduct in respect of his repeated breach of the Advertising and Promotion Practice Rules 2011, Rule B.3.5(a) over a period of 20 months from 21 July 2011 in advertisements and promotional materials which contained inaccurate or misleading statements, in contravention of the spirit of an undertaking given by him to the Law Society dated 21 July 2011; Censure the Respondent; Fine him in the sum of £5,000 to be forfeit to Her Majesty; 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.
Douglas McKinnon
Vice Chairman