Law Society-v-Robert Fulton Frame
Interlocutor
Edinburgh 6 March 2019. The Tribunal having considered the Complaint dated 31 July 2018 at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against Robert Fulton Frame, c/o Miller Beckett & Jackson Limited, 190 St Vincent Street, Glasgow; Find the Respondent not guilty of professional misconduct; Remit the Complaint to the Council of the Law Society of Scotland in terms of Section 53ZA of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 in respect of the averments of professional misconduct contained in the Complaint at Articles 6(b) and 6(d) namely that the Respondent prepared and registered dispositions which contained information as to price which he knew to be false, and remitted part of the sale proceeds of Property 1 to Mr A without authority from the director of Company 5, the seller, to do so; 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 but need not identify any other person.
Eric Lumsden
Vice Chairman