Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1988
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Citation | 1988 c. 42 |
Year | 1988 |
- “(1) Where the Council are satisfied that it is necessary for them to do so for the purpose of investigating a complaint made to them or remitted to them by the Tribunal alleging—
- (a) professional misconduct by a solicitor;
- (b) the failure of an incorporated practice to comply with any provision of this Act or of rules made under this Act applicable to that practice; or
- (c) the provision by a solicitor or an incorporated practice of inadequate professional services, the Council may give notice in writing in accordance with subsection (2) to the solicitor or his firm or to the incorporated practice or, where the solicitor is an employee of a firm or of an incorporated practice, to his employer.
- “(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Part where—
- (a) a complaint is made to the Tribunal that professional services provided by a solicitor in connection with any matter in which he has been instructed by a client were inadequate; and
- (b) the Tribunal, after inquiry and after giving the solicitor an opportunity to make representations, upholds the complaint, it may take such of the steps mentioned in subsection (2) as it thinks fit.
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