Law Society-v-Graeme Bruce Murray
Interlocutor
Edinburgh 31 May 2018. The Tribunal having considered the Complaint dated 29 November 2017 at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against Graeme Bruce Murray, Solicitor, Graeme Murray & Co., 10-12 Chapel Street, Aberdeen; Find the Respondent guilty of professional misconduct in respect that (a) he failed to communicate with Faculty Services Limited on behalf of Counsel and failed to respond to correspondence from Faculty Services Limited; and (b) he failed to make payment of the fee notes due to Counsel; Censure the Respondent; Direct in terms of Section 53(5) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 that for an aggregate period of two years any practising certificate held or issued to the Respondent shall be subject to such restriction as will limit him to acting as a qualified assistant to such employer as may be approved by the Council or the Practising Certificate Sub Committee of the Council of the Law Society of 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; Direct that publicity will be given to this decision and that this publicity should include the name of the Respondent and the Secondary Complainers but need not identify any other person and that publicity should be deferred pending the outcome of associated proceedings or confirmation that there will be none; and Allow the Secondary Complainers to lodge or amend any claim for compensation within 28 days from intimation of these findings.
Nicholas Whyte
Chairman
Compensation Interlocutor:
Edinburgh, 2 October 2018. The Tribunal having considered the Complaint at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against Graeme Bruce Murray, Solicitor, Graeme Murray & Co., 10-12 Chapel Street, Aberdeen and having previously determined that the Respondent was guilty of professional misconduct; Having considered whether it was appropriate to award compensation to the Secondary Complainer, Jonathan Mitchell, Q.C.; Make no award of compensation; Make no finding of expenses due to or by either party; and Direct that publicity will be given to this decision and that this publicity should include the name of the Respondent and the Secondary Complainers but need not identify any other person and that publicity should be deferred pending the outcome of associated proceedings or confirmation that there will be none.
Kenneth Paterson
Vice Chairman
NOTE:
The Tribunal agreed on 3 August 2021 that this decision could be published.