Bolton v The Law Society

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeTHE MASTER OF THE ROLLS,LORD JUSTICE ROSE,LORD JUSTICE WAITE
Judgment Date06 December 1993
Judgment citation (vLex)[1993] EWCA Civ J1206-6
Docket NumberNo. QBCPF 93/0178/D
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Date06 December 1993
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582 cases
  • R Kingston v Secretary of State for Education
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 27 January 2017
    ...in this court in support of this approach. In particular, he relied upon the judgment of Sir Thomas Bingham MR, as he then was, in Bolton v Law Society [1994] 1 WLR 512, at page 518E; Cheatle v General Medical Council [2009] EWHC 645 at paragraph 15; and General Medical Council v Meadow [20......
  • Bryant v Law Society
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 21 December 2007
    ...However, Mr Williams submits that this court's general approach to penalties must accord with that set out by the Court of Appeal in Bolton v Law Society [1994] 1 WLR 514 at 518–9, by Sir Thomas Bingham MR. The Master of the Rolls emphasised two particular factors that the court should bear......
  • Salsbury v Law Society
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 25 November 2008
    ...applies in this case. I appreciate that this is not a weighty factor in cases of its kind for the reasons given by the Master of the Rolls in Bolton. Nevertheless, I do bear in mind that while the professional consequences in any case of this sort will inevitably by catastrophic, the person......
  • Layne v Attorney General of Grenada
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 18 March 2019
    ...as a whole. 45. ‘The reputation of this profession is more important than the fortunes of any individual member.’ Bingham MR Bolton v Law Society. 46. The applicant here is a man who has accomplished much. But having reviewed the evidence and taking into account all the relevant considerati......
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6 books & journal articles
  • Legal Profession
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 December 2008
    ...Glenn Jeyasingam v Law Society of Singapore[2007] 3 SLR 704 by comparing the approach to re-admission recommended in Bolton v Law Society[1994] 1 WLR 512. The non-disciplinary cases comprised a mixed assortment. There was in one a tussle for 60-odd dollars in what was a simple road accident......
  • Mortal dangers, moral hazard and mortgage lending by solicitors: an international perspective
    • United Kingdom
    • Emerald Journal of Financial Crime No. 10-3, July 2003
    • 1 July 2003
    ...in SDT 8321/2001), and theSolicitors' Overseas Practice Rules 1990.(22) Section 47 Solicitors Act 1974.(23) See Bolton v Law Society [1994] 2 All ER 486, 492.(24) The power to intervene is in s. 35 Solicitors Act 1974.(25) The powers are set out in Part II, Schedule 1 of the SolicitorsAct 1......
  • Legal Profession
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2004, December 2004
    • 1 December 2004
    ...for breach of fiduciary duty. The courts have on innumerable occasions been guided by the principles stated in Bolton v Law Society[1994] 1 WLR 512 which essentially involve asking three questions. The first is whether the advocate and solicitor”s misconduct has been proved to be dishonest;......
  • Legal Profession
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2001, December 2001
    • 1 December 2001
    ...in 2001. Disciplinary sentencing cases have seen a re-vitalisation since adoption of the principles enunciated in Bolton v Law Society[1994] 2 All ER 486 at 492. While adopting these principles, the courts have at the same time expanded considerably the underlying considerations and clearly......
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