Law Society-v-Gerard Tierney
Interlocutor
Edinburgh 6 August 2014. The Tribunal having considered the Complaint at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against Gerard Tierney, Boswell Legal Chambers, 189 Main Street, Auchinleck; Find the Respondent guilty of Professional Misconduct in cumulo in that he failed to settle two invoices issued by Company 1 or respond to reminders despite having received reimbursement of the sums concerned from the Scottish Legal Aid Board, and that he failed to satisfy the terms of a Sheriff Court Decree, granted against and intimated to him, for said sums: Censure the Respondent; 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.
Vice Chairman