Law Society-v-Roy William Andrew Miller
Interlocutor
Edinburgh 17 October 2014. The Tribunal having considered the Complaint at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against Roy William Andrew Miller, 6 St Ninians Terrace, Crown Street, Glasgow; Find the Respondent guilty of professional misconduct in respect of his failure to settle an account in the sum of £3616 and his failure to respond to reminders, despite having received reimbursement of the amount from the Scottish Legal Aid Board; his defending court proceedings raised against him in respect of the aforementioned account without any stateable defence, his misleading the reporter in relation to her outstanding account during the course of telephone calls and his failure or delay in responding to correspondence and statutory notices from the Law Society of Scotland; Censure the Respondent and Direct 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 (and to being supervised by) such employer or successive employers as may be approved by the Council of the Law Society of Scotland or the Practising Certificate Sub Committee of the Law Society of Scotland and that for an aggregate period of three years; 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.
Dorothy Boyd
Vice Chairman