Margarita Rainford on Friday, March 18, 2005 at 12:09 PM said:-
> I would have thought that £6,000 was quite a hefty and
> serious fine to a
> small practice ( coupled with the costs of a trial)
> especially if it is
> not covered by insurance and there may be professional
> consequences that
> follow on.
As you state the fine for the DPA offence could be a lesser penalty. Given
that the solicitor apparently did not maintain an adequate level of
knowledge to act correctly in the administration of the practice, I suppose
things may be more serious. Keeping up to date is clearly a necessary
requirement in many fields.
Ian W
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> Where is the evidence that solicitors do not believe they are
> subject to
> the law? Is this not a subjective opinion? I would have thought that
> there must be thousands of solicitors practising in England
> and one or
> two have now been fined.
>
> Most practising solicitors do not earn high-flying salaries - I
> regularly see adverts for solicitors in the north-east every
> week with
> salary ranges between £22,000 & £35,000 pa - on par with DPA
> officers??
>
> I would have thought that £6,000 was quite a hefty and
> serious fine to a
> small practice ( coupled with the costs of a trial)
> especially if it is
> not covered by insurance and there may be professional
> consequences that
> follow on.
> Margarita
>
> Carter, Antoinette (KIS) wrote:
>
> >Typical! Lawyers who believe they're not subject to the Law! Tut,
> >tut. Serves him right for electing to go to Trial. And
> whats £6K to a
> >lawyer anyway - a few hours work......
> >
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> >
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> >>There is a story in the Gazette this week about a solicitor who was
> >>fined for failing to notify:
> >>
> >>http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/breaking/view=newsarticle.l
> aw?GAZETTE
> >>NEWSID=225274
> >>
> >>
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