Law Society-v-Tracey Campbell-Hynd
Interlocutor
Edinburgh 14 February 2014. The Tribunal having considered the adjusted Complaint at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against Tracey Campbell-Hynd, 29 Brandon Street, Hamilton; Find the Respondent guilty of Professional Misconduct in cumulo in respect of (1) her unreasonable delay in responding to the reasonable enquiries of the Law Society; (2) between 30 July 2012 and 28 October 2013 her unreasonable delay and/or failure to respond to, or her provision of misleading information in relation to, requests, written and verbal, from Company 2, the solicitor who took over acting for her client Company 1; and (3) her failure to comply with the Guidelines on Mandates 1998 issued by the Law Society; Censure the Respondent; Fine the Respondent 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; 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.
Nicholas Whyte
Vice Chairman