Law Society-v-Gerard Noble Nesbitt

Edinburgh 8 May 2014.  The Tribunal having considered the Complaint at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against Gerard Noble Nesbitt, c/o HM Prison Castle Huntly, Longforgan, Near Dundee; Find the Respondent has been convicted of an offence and sentenced to a period of imprisonment of three years, six months and that accordingly Section 53(1)(b) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 applies to the circumstances of the case; Strike the name of the Respondent, Gerard Noble Nesbitt, 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.

Douglas McKinnon

  Vice Chairman