Law Society-v-Murray Alexander Thomas McAuley
Edinburgh 23 April 2015. The Tribunal having considered the Complaint at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against Murray Alexander Thomas McAuley, Solicitor, formerly of 96 Woodside Street, Coatbridge and presently of Flat 2/1, 92 Calder Street, Glasgow; Find the Respondent guilty of Professional Misconduct in cumulo in respect of his failure (a) to respond to correspondence from the Law Society of Scotland; (b) to obtemper statutory notices served upon him by the Law Society of Scotland; and (c) to pay the professional fees of a Doctor for reports instructed by him; Censure the Respondent; Direct that in terms of Section 53(5) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 that any practising certificate held or to be issued to the Respondent shall be subject to such restriction as will limit him to acting as a qualified assistant to such employer or successive employers as maybe approved by the Council of the Law Society of Scotland or the Practising Certificate Sub Committee of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland and that for an aggregate period of one year; 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.
Alan McDonald
Vice Chairman