SOLICITORS REGULATION AUTHORITY v CLYDE & CO LLP CHRISTOPHER DUFFY SIMON GAMBLIN AND NICK PURNELL
[2017] Lloyd's Rep FC 418
SOLICITORS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL
Before Miss Cullen,Mr Davies,Dr Hurly
Solicitors - Breach of accounts rules and principles - Acting as escrow agent - Acting as banker - Acting for client in dubious financial arrangements or investment schemes - Failure to have procedures in place to deal with dormant client balances - Financial penalty - Fines - Level of fines - Solicitors Act 1974 - Money Laundering Regulations 2007 (SI 2007 No 2157) - Solicitors Accounts Rules 1998, rr 15(3) and (4) - SRA Accounts Rules 2011, rr 6, 14.3, 14.4 and 14.5 - SRA Principles 2011, principles 6, 7 and 8 - SRA Code of Conduct 2011, outcomes 1.3, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 - Guidance Notes on Sanction 2016.