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Law Reports

04 December 2008
Issue: 7348 / Categories: Features , Professional negligence
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Edited  by the All England Law Reporters

Solicitor—Disciplinary proceedings—Disciplinary tribunal

Salsbury v Law Society [2008] EWCA Civ 1285, [2008] All ER (D) 240 (Nov)
Court of Appeal, Civil Division, Sir Mark Potter P, Lady Justice
Arden and Lord Justice Jackson, November 2008

It is an overstatement to say that the High Court will not interfere with a decision of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) otherwise than in a “very strong case”, it will interfere if the decision was clearly inappropriate.

Donald Broatch (instructed by Holden & Co) for the solicitor. Geoffrey Williams QC and George Marriott, solicitor advocate, (instructed by Gorvins) for the Society.

The respondent solicitor was clerk to the trustees of a school. He received payment for his services as clerk to the trustees and further payment for any legal work which he undertook on behalf of the trustees. Such work was not in his capacity as a partner in the fi rm of solicitors in which he practised. In November 2000, he asked for and received a cheque for £862.50. He altered the amount so as to read £1,862.50. He presented the cheque to the

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