Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2011] All ER (D) 126 (Mar)
Neutral Citation: [2011] EWHC 462 (Admin)
Court: Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (London)
Judge:

Nicola Davies J
Representation Paul Mitchell (instructed by Parabis Law) for the appellants.
  Jonathan Goodwin, solicitor advocate (instructed by Jonathan Goodwin) for the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Judgment Dates: 11 March 2011

Catchwords

Solicitor - Disciplinary proceedings - Disciplinary tribunal - Sanction - Employee stealing monies from client funds - Appellant solicitors pleading guilty to failure to supervise employee - Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal imposing penalty of £4,000 - Whether adequate reasons given for decision - Whether sanction appropriate.

The Case

Solicitor Disciplinary proceedings. The Administrative Court held that the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal had failed to give adequate reasons for its apparent refusal to take into account any of the mitigating factors referred to in its judgment and in the particular circumstances of the instant case the imposition of a financial penalty was not appropriate.

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