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Ms Jane Benson Against A Decision Of The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission Dated 29 May 2018

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JurisdictionScotland
JudgeLord Turnbull,Lord Malcolm,Lord Justice Clerk
Neutral Citation[2019] CSIH 33
Date07 June 2019
Docket NumberXA96/18
CourtCourt of Session
Published date07 June 2019
SECOND DIVISION, INNER HOUSE, COURT OF SESSION
[2019] CSIH 33
XA96/18
Lord Justice Clerk
Lord Malcolm
Lord Turnbull
OPINION OF THE COURT
delivered by LORD MALCOLM
in the appeal under section 21 of the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007
by
Ms JANE BENSON
Appellant
against
a decision of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission dated 29 May 2018
Appellant: O’Neill, Sol Adv; Scottish Government
Respondent: Welsh; Harper MacLeod
Interested Party: E Cairns
7 June 2019
[1] Ms Jane Benson (the appellant) is a solicitor and a member of the staff of the Crown
Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS). Mr Edward Cairns made a number of
complaints to the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (the Commission) about the
appellant and others in COPFS. The Commission organised these into 11 issues, the bulk of
which, for various reasons, were ruled ineligible for investigation. The exceptions were
issues 1, 4, and 5 (all of them relating to the appellant), which were to be remitted to the Law
Society of Scotland for investigation. Ms Benson has appealed to the court against the

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