Law Society-v-Patrick Stephen Alexander Copinger

Edinburgh 13 January 2017.  The Tribunal having considered the Complaint at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against Patrick Stephen Alexander Copinger, Kirk House, 33 Miller Avenue, Wick, Caithness; Find the Respondent guilty of professional misconduct in relation of his contraventions of  Rules 4, 8 and 12 of the Solicitors (Scotland) Accounts, Accounts Certificate, Professional Practice and Guarantee Fund Rules 2001; Rule 1 of the Solicitors (Scotland) (Standards of Conduct) Practice Rules 2008; and Rules B1.2, B6.3.1, B6.7.1, B6.7.4, B6.13.1, B6.13.2 and B6.13.3 of the Law Society of Scotland Practice Rules 2011; Order that the name of the Respondent be Struck from the Roll of Solicitors in 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; 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, but that publicity shall be deferred until the conclusion of the criminal investigation into or any criminal proceedings arising from the Respondent’s conduct.

Alan McDonald

  Vice Chairman

NOTE:

The Tribunal agreed on 24 July 2024 that this decision could be published.