WILLIAMS HORTOR LAW AND MEDIATION
SRA-regulated firm
- Head office address
- Ware View contact details
- Website
- www.williamshortor.com
- Type of firm
- SRA recognised sole practice since 27/11/2018, authorised for all legal services
- Regulator
- Solicitors Regulation Authority
- SRA number
- 654640
- Regulatory record
- Show regulatory record
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Important information
- The firm can provide all types of law, including reserved legal activities
- Everyone working in this firm must follow our rules
- If things go wrong, the firm must have insurance cover
- If things go wrong and your money is lost, our compensation fund may be able to reimburse you
- If things go wrong we may be able to get your documents and money back
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Areas of law shows the sort of work this firm does. Reserved activities lists the special legal jobs this firm can do because we regulate it as a law practice.
DECISION HISTORY
This section gives the disciplinary and regulatory decisions published under our decision publication policy.
Decision - Fined
Outcome: Fine
Outcome date: 25 September 2023
Published date: 16 November 2023
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Williams Hortor Law and Mediation
Address(es): 67 The Maltings, Roydon Road, Stanstead Abbotts, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 8HG
Firm ID: 654640
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
The SRA Transparency Rules came into effect on 6 December 2018. They require all firms authorised and regulated by the SRA to display specified information on their websites if they provide certain types of legal services. The purpose of the Transparency Rules is to ensure people have accurate and relevant information about a solicitor or firm when they are considering purchasing legal services. They are intended to help members of the public and small businesses make informed choices, improving competition in the legal market.
As of 10 July 2023:
- the firm failed to publish mandatory details about its costs and/or services in breach of rule 1.5 of the Transparency Rules.
The firm was ordered to pay a fixed financial penalty of £750 pursuant to rules 3.1(h) and 11.3 of the Regulatory and Disciplinary Procedure Rules. The firm was also ordered to pay investigation costs of £150.
