Professional Conduct Sub-Committee 2
Convener
Joseph G Boyd
Solicitor Members
Gemma C Baillie
Emma Cuckow
David di Paola
Gordon Lennox
Fiona Sasan
Lay Members
Jeremy Clarke
Vikki Halliday
Gary Kerr
Peigi Macarthur
Bruce Nelson
Aims & functions of the committee
- To determine conduct complaints against Scottish solicitors, executry and conveyancing practitioners.
- To decide if a conduct complaint may amount to professional misconduct and requires to be referred to the Scottish Solicitors Discipline Tribunal in terms of Section 51 of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980.
- To decide if a conduct complaint against a Scottish solicitor amounts to unsatisfactory professional conduct in terms of Section 42ZA of the 1980 Act, and in the event that a determination is made to impose appropriate sanctions.
- To determine whether no action should be taken in relation to a conduct complaints against, Scottish solicitors, executry and conveyancing practitioners.
- To decide if a conduct complaint against an executry and/or conveyancing practitioner amounts to unsatisfactory professional conduct in terms of Section 20 ZB of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions)(Scotland) Act 1990.