Law Society-v-Grant Euan Turner Docherty
Interlocutor
Edinburgh 24 April 2013. The Tribunal having considered the amended Complaint at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland on behalf of Mr and Mrs A, Secondary Complainers against Grant Euan Turner Docherty, Solicitor, of DWF Biggart Baillie, 2 Lochrin Square, 96 Foutainbridge, Edinburgh; Find the Respondent guilty of Professional Misconduct in respect of his failure to maintain the standards of propriety expected of him as a member of the legal profession, this failure being of sufficient gravity and culpability so as to be capable of bringing the profession into disrepute; Censure the Respondent and fine him in the sum of £7500 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.
Alistair Cockburn
Chairman