Law Society-v-Shirley Anne Houlihan
Edinburgh 30 October 2017. The Tribunal having considered the Complaint at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against Shirley Anne Houlihan, WW & J McClure Limited, 3 Cadogan Street, Glasgow; Find the Respondent guilty of professional misconduct in respect that she failed to adequately supervise employees acting on her behalf in relation to the preparation and execution of a will and that she failed to act in the best interests of her client by failing to make or ensure that appropriate steps were taken to establish her client’s capacity to give instructions to prepare and thereafter to execute any will; Censure the Respondent; Fine the Respondent in the sum of £2,500 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; and Direct that publicity will be given to this decision and that this publicity should only include the name of the Respondent and her firm.
Alistair Cockburn
Vice Chairman