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Recall of a decision of the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal dated 14 November 2014 and intimated to the petitioner on or shortly after 13 January 2015
(1) Was the Tribunal entitled to find the petitioner guilty of professional misconduct in the circumstances?
[2] The Tribunal found the following facts established (the petitioner in the present proceedings being referred to as “the respondent” throughout these findings):-
6.10 The action raised on behalf of Mr McGovaney was settled without his instructions. No inquiry was made to confirm that he accepted the record of his incarceration. He was deprived of his right to pursue his claim without instruction. He was caused loss, inconvenience and distress as a direct result of the Respondent’s conduct”.
[3] We shall turn to the Tribunal’s decision with regard to penalty and compensation later in this opinion. The Tribunal set out its decision on the issue of misconduct as follows:
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