Law Society-v-Michael Sandison Allan
Interlocutor
Edinburgh 22 May 2015. The Tribunal having considered the amended Complaint dated 2 December 2014 at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against Michael Sandison Allan, 25 Castle Street, Aberdeen; Find the Respondent guilty of professional misconduct in respect of his causing the company of which he was the controlling mind to be subject to a seven year period of disqualification and his incurring himself a seven year period of disqualification thereby bringing the legal profession into disrepute; Censure the Respondent; Fine him in the sum of £1,000 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 from the date of submission of the amended Complaint being 2 December 2014; 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.
Alan McDonald
Vice Chairman