Law Society-v-Shahid Sattar Pervez
Interlocutor
Edinburgh 9 July 2009. The Tribunal having considered the Complaint dated 14 May 2009 at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against Shahid Sattar Pervez, Solicitor of the former firm of Belton Pervez, 430 Victoria Road, Glasgow now residing at 8 Langhaul Place, Crookston, Glasgow; Find that the Respondent has been convicted of an offence involving dishonesty and sentenced to a period of imprisonment of two years eight months and that accordingly Section 53(1)(b) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 applies to the circumstances of the case; Find the Respondent guilty of professional misconduct in respect of his failure to respond to the reasonable enquiries of the Law Society in respect of his client Mr A; 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.
Gordon Cunningham
Chairman